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My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Web. Hebrew “the weaver’s shuttle.” Calmet. 16:23. Isa. 38:12. Bible.—The pagans have used the same comparison. But they make the three daughters of Necessity guide the thread of life. Plato Rep. xii. Natal. iii. 6.—Septuagint “my life is swifter than speech.” Tetrapla, “than a runner.” Calmet.—Hope. Heu fugit, and so forth Ah! time is flying, never to return! Bible.
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