Holy Scripture
Job 17:7
A church father on this verse
“Ver. 7. Mine eye is dim, for indignation, and all my members are as it were brought to nothing. For 'the eye is dim for indignation,' when those very persons likewise, who in the Lord's Body, i.e. in the Church, are endued with the light of truth, whilst they see themselves too long despised and disdained by the wicke…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
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5He shall promise mischief to his companions: But their eyes have failed for their children.
6But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, And I am become a scorn to them.
— Job 17:7 —
8Wonder has seized true men upon this; And let the just rise up against the transgressor.
9But let the faithful hold on his own way, And let him that is pure of hands take courage.