“A human being is called "lion" with good reason, because he is a royal animal, and even more so the righteous, because, by preserving the honor of God's form, he is dreadful to his enemies. That is why he has been properly called so in Proverbs, "the righteous is as bold as a lion." Yet if he stoops down to the lustfu…”
Hesychius of Jerusalem, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON JOB 13.10.16-17A
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17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
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15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
— Job 10:17 —
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.