“Eliphaz says, "You did not devote yourself to prayer. As for me, I would commit my cause to God. You have reassured yourself and ceased from invoking 'the Lord of all things.' This is why the present afflictions befell you." After speaking, Eliphaz glorified God and aroused Job's anger.”
Hesychius of Jerusalem, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON JOB 8.5.8
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8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
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6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
— Job 5:8 —
9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: