work: should be works (with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, &c).
work and toil = grievous toil, or trouble, "works" reference probably to the evil deeds going on around. See Gen_6:3, and compare Exo_23:24. Lev_18:3. Mic_6:16. Ecc_4:3. Job_33:17. Probably Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6), for emph. = toilsome labour.