“My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. The 'harp' and 'organ' denote the harmonious preaching of Holy Church, whereby in times of peace she sounds forth the joys of the interior life and the praises of the Creator. But when the heat of persecution rises against her, her 'har…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XX
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31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
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In context
29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.