“Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.”
"Look away from him and desist, that he may enjoy, like a laborer, his day." Job's plea is for God to grant humans some peace during their brief existence. The image of the laborer who finishes his day's work and rests suggests that humans deserve respite proportional to their effort. Job's request is modest: not immortality, not full justice, but simple rest before death.
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