“Ver. 14. Who say unto God, Depart from us. 50. To say this in words even foolish men have not the boldness, yet all wicked persons say to God, not by their words but by their ways, Depart from us. For they that do those things which Almighty God forbids, what else are they doing but shutting up their soul against the…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV
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14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
— Job 21:14 —
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.