Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,.... Which moves very swiftly, being thrown quick and fast to and fro; some versions render it "a racer" (b) one that runs a race on foot, or rides on…

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle - That is, they are short and few. He does not here refer so much to the rapidity with which they were passing away as to the fact that they would soon be…

Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the termination of life, which would be the termination of his miseries? To enforce this…

By his "days" is meant his life as a whole, not his individual days, which are far from passing quickly (Job 7:7); and "are spent" means, have been consumed (as Job 7:7), or, are come to an end (Gen…