“This unexpected disaster, he says, did not happen according to human logic. I discern that this blow comes from the hand of God. And he is right in speaking of the darkness that "covers my face," because this darkness is not ordinary darkness but is of his own dejection.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 23:16-17
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16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
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14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
— Job 23:16 —
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.