Holy Scripture
Job 13:24
A church father on this verse
“Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy? Man enjoyed the light of inward contemplation in Paradise, but by gratifying himself as he departed from himself, he lost the light of the Creator, and fled from His face to the trees of Paradise, seeing that, after his sin, he dreaded to see Him, whom he…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, And deemest me thine enemy?
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22Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: Or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.
23How many are my sins and my transgressions? Teach me what they are.
— Job 13:24 —
25Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? Or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?
26For thou hast written evil things against me, And thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.