“The excess of misfortunes that have befallen him force him to groan and to wail. Even if I wanted it, I could not stay silent, he says. "I stand up in the assembly and cry for help" without being ashamed before any of those present and without blushing before the multitude of the assembly. This attitude is due to the…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 30:26-29
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28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
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26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
— Job 30:28 —
29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.