“And besides this righteous king, listen also unto the words of the spiritual athlete Job, whom the healing of the spirit taught what manner of thing he should set upon his table before his food, "For my sighing entereth in before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like water;" these are the fruits which he took bef…”
Philoxenus of Mabbug, 6th c. — 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence
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24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
— Job 3:24 —
25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.