“The swift runner does not appear to touch the ground; he appears as though he has wings. [Job says], " 'My life is swifter than a runner.' I look at what is above. 'I do not run aimlessly.' I do not touch the ground." Because they want to reach the finish line, the righteous keep on running, even when they run into ob…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 9:25-26
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26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
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24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
— Job 9:26 —
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.