“Look! This is what God does, so the weak may hope for happiness and the powerful may not become proud. In fact, he said above, "Call for help in order to see whether you will be listened to," so that you may not think that there are things that escape providence.… Eliphaz dedicates the beginning of his speech to the d…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 5:15B-16B
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16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
— Job 5:16 —
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.