John Trapp on Job 7:2

Verſe 2. As a ſervant earnestly deſireth the ſhadow &c.] Heb. gapeth after, or gaſpeth for the [illegible: 1 word] that is, for ſome place of cool repoſe after his hard labour in the hot ſun-ſhine, as in harveſt; or for the ſhadow, that is; for dark night, or for the evening.

Cum [illegible: 1 span] diſcedens [illegible: 1 span].

And [illegible: 1 span] for the reward of his work] Heb. expecteth his work, Virg. Eclog. that is, his [illegible: 2 letters]ges. Gods work is its own wages: and in doing thereof (not only for doing thereof) there is great reward, Pſal. 19.11. Righteouſneſſe is its own recompence; [illegible: 1 span] for his wages, he ſets his heart upon it, Deut. [illegible: 1 span] and God provideth there, that it be duely paid him: and thoſe that detaine [illegible: 1 span], ſee Jam. 5.4. 'tis a [illegible: 1 letter]rying [illegible: 1 word]. The whole verſe may cohere [illegible: 1 span], and be thus [illegible: 1 letter]endred, Is not man as a ſervant that earneſtly deſireth the ſhadow and is he not as an [illegible: 1 word] that looketh for the reward of his Work? [illegible: 1 letter]ut it is better to [illegible: 1 span] with that when followeth, according to our [illegible: 1 letter]ranſlation.