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Job 12:4

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

He that is mocked of his neighbour as I am, calleth upon God, and He answereth him. Oftentimes the frail mind, when it is welcomed by the breath of human regard on the score of good actions, runs out into outward delights, so that it lays aside what it inwardly desires, and willingly lies all loosely in that which it gives ear to without. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book X ↗

Thomas Aquinas

But by the fact that you say that I am ignorant of these things, you seem to hold me in contempt as though I am ignorant of things which everyone knows. Thus he says, "Someone who is derided by his friends like I am," as you do when you think me foolish, "will call upon God and he will hear him," because God especially helps those bereft of human aid. …

Commentary on Job ↗