“As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:”
Job compares his own experience to that of a servant longing for the evening's shade and a laborer waiting for his wages, suggesting that his suffering is characterized by painful waiting for relief that never comes. The images of shade and wages represent the promised rewards of labor that sustain the worker through difficulty. Job's comparison implies that he is like a laborer who works but receives no wages.
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