Holy Scripture
Job 30:24
A church father on this verse
“Howbeit Thou dost not put forth thine hand for the destroying of them; and if they are brought to the ground, Thou wilt save them Thyself. In which words assuredly this ought to be perceived with penetration, that blessed Job, while he is telling his own circumstances transfers others into himself. For he as it were i…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, Or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.
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22And thou hast put me to grief, And hast cast me away from safety.
23For I know that death will destroy me: For the earth is the house appointed for every mortal.
— Job 30:24 —
25Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.
26But I, when I waited for good things, Behold, days of evils came the more upon me.