Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
Namely, at the resurrection (John 5:28; Psalms 17:15).
Have a desire to - literally, become pale with anxious desire. The same word is translated "sore longedst after" (Genesis 31:30; Psalms 84:2), implying the utter unlikelihood that God would leave in oblivion the 'creature of His own hands, so fearfully and wonderfully made' (Job 10:8-12). It is objected that, if Job knew of a future retribution, he would make it the leading topic solving the problem of the permitted afflictions of the righteous. But
(1) He did not intend to exceed the limits of what was clearly revealed: the doctrine was then in a vague form only.
(2) The doctrine of God's moral government in this life, even independently of the fitters, needed vindication.