Job 7:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOB CHAPTER 7 Our times are like those of hirelings, restless and hopeless. Death desirable. His days are as a weaver's shuttle; his life is as wind; and he was consumed out of this world, and should appear in it no more, Job 7:1-10. Therefore he will speak to God, Job 7:11,12: is tired out and weary of life, Job 7:13-16. Man unworthy of God's notice, Job 7:17-19. He confesseth his sin, and prayeth for forgiveness, Job 7:20,21. Is there not a certain and short time limited by God wherein man shall live in this sinful, and vain, and miserable world, after which he shall live in a holier and happier place and state? and is it a crime in me to desire that God would give me some ease and respite for the present, and bring me to that blessed and joyful period? Like the days of an hireling; whose time is limited and short, being but for a few years, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 21:16, and sometimes but for days, Job 14:6 Matthew 20:1,2, and whose condition is full of toil and hardship.