Job now continues by decrying the brevity and frailty of human life being just a "few days", "full of trouble", "like a fleeting shadow" that does not endure. Job says man's days are determined by God and his months are numbered. He compares human life to that of a tree saying that a tree can sprout from the stump after being felled, whereas with a man "he breathes his last and is no more". Thus man is worse off than a tree. Job wishes God would hide him in the grave until his anger had passed! Job imagines that God could seal his offences in a bag and cover his sin. For Job declares to have lost hope, just feeling pain as he mourns.
No comments:
Post a Comment