God is the only one who could have done justice to Job. Yet God had remained silent, just as when Job had first attempted to dispute with him (Job 9:1–35). Again, as it did before (Job 10:1–22), God’s silence causes Job to sink away in despair. Job expresses this despair in the whole of chapter 14.
As a woman is weak, so is a man who is born of her.
1 “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.