“Ver.21. Oh! that a man were so judged with God, as a son of man is judged with his fellow! We acknowledge indeed always that we are sinners, yet often, when laid under the rod, we do not know for what sin in particular we are stricken, and we sift ourselves with minute examining, that if we might in any way be able we…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIII
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21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
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19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
— Job 16:21 —
22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.