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My days are swifter than a weaver`s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
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Life is a Swift Shuttle
Commentators explain that the weaver's shuttle is a powerful metaphor for the incredible speed at which our lives pass. Just as a shuttle flies back and forth to create a web, our days quickly weave the fabric of our lives. Matthew Henry urges believers to consider what they are weaving: a temporary 'spider's web' of worldly things, or a lasting tapestry of faith and love for God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Baptist
His spirits are sunk so low that he had no hope at all left—at least, there was none apparent just then. O you poor, tried children of God, I besee…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle Which moves very swiftly, being thrown quick and fast to and fro; some v…
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Job here excuses what he could not justify: his desire for death. Observe man's present place: he is on earth. He is still on earth, not in hell. I…
13th Century
Catholic
The blessed Job has previously demonstrated that the comfort Eliphaz offered, which promised happiness in this earthly life, was unsuitable. He fir…
