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Commentary for Job 9:25

וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טוֹבָֽה׃

Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

Rashi on Job

My days with the destruction of the other innocent people are swifter than a runner.
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Malbim on Job

Is the link between present suffering and future benefit perhaps one of cause and effect? But how can the inactivity of the days wasted in suffering-enforced idleness be considered a cause, one that is comparable to the purposefulness of undertaking a course of action?
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