Holy Scripture

Job 5:11

A church father on this verse
“MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION. Who setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn He exalteth with safety. 'Those that be low are set on high,' in that they, who are now despised for the love of God, shall then come as judges along with God, as 'Truth' pledges this which we have just named to the same humble on…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book VI

Source: Septuagint

Original

11Who exalts the lowly, And raises up them that are lost:

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In context

9Who does great things and untraceable, Glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number:

10Who gives rain upon the earth, Sending water on the earth:

— Job 5:11 —

12Frustrating the counsels of the crafty, And their hands shall not perform the truth:

13Who takes the wise in their wisdom, And subverts the counsel of the crafty.

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