"Is not man forced to labor on earth, and are not his days like the days of. hired man?": "Job says that man is like. hired hand, destined to hard labor, like. slave who works in the hot sun and longs for the shade at the end of the day (Job 7:2), and like. hired hand waiting to be paid. Man's existence is servitude, in which he is subject to continual toil and misery, and in which he hopes for some slight respite" (Zuck p. 39). Yet Job still wants to serve God. In contrast, when others feel like they are in this condition, they riot, revolt, and lash out in destructive ways.

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