“"You have instructed many." The present facts battle with the former opinion. In fact, you supported others after they fell into despair and offered the aid of your hands to those lying down so that they might rise up. Why do you now not follow the stable footsteps of your constancy? Why are you unable to escape from…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 4:3
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5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
— Job 4:5 —
6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?