“I did not ignorantly run into the things that I suffer. In fact, when I saw in others poverty's afflictions and the different diseases of the body, my communion with nature and my body warned me to fear lest anything of the same kind should happen to me. Therefore, I am also forced to fear an increase in the misfortun…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 3:25-26
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25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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In context
23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
— Job 3:25 —
26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.