What was the question "Mah Kochi Ki Ayachel"?
Rashi: What is my strength to bear [afflictions]? Will I wait until a cure, or until death? Ayachel is waiting, like it says about Noach "va'Yachel Od."
Malbim: I have no strength, for the boils make my skin rot, and my inner strength is too weak to overcome the illness. Can I hope to overcome it?!
What was the question "u'Mah Kitzi Ki A'arich Nafshi"?
Rashi: What importance is there to live until the end of my days? I cannot bear to live until then. Sometimes Nafshi is man's desire, like "Im Yesh Es Nafshechem."
Devar Eliyahu (12): The Nefesh endures the pain of afflictions - "v'Yosif Da'as Yosif Mach'ov." An adult's Nefesh feels pain more than a child's, for he has Da'as to understand it. Iyov asked, will I see the end of the afflictions?
Malbim: Even if my body would strengthen to endure, and not die from the pain, what will be my end? I will die, for the illness is consuming all my flesh.
