To him, that release was a certainty. Job realized that his relief would come. Why?
فَقَدِ ٱعْتَبَرَ هذِهِ ٱلْفَتْرَةَ « سُخْرَةً » ،‏ أَيْ فَتْرَةَ ٱنْتِظَارٍ قَسْرِيَّةً عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَقْضِيَهَا حَتَّى يَحِينَ وَقْتُ تَحَرُّرِهِ .‏