וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טוֹבָֽה׃
Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
Rashi on Job
My days with the destruction of the other innocent people are swifter than a runner.
Malbim on Job
Is the link between present suffering and future benefit perhaps one of cause and effect? But how can the inactivity of the days wasted in suffering-enforced idleness be considered a cause, one that is comparable to the purposefulness of undertaking a course of action?