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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 28. And he dwelleth in desolate communities, and in deserted houses, which are become heaps. For as a 'community' has its name from the intercourse of persons living together in common, 'desolate communities' are the actual throngs of wicked followers, by whose shouts this bad man is commended, when he is hurried away by his wickedness into evil deeds. Whence it is written; The sinner is commended in the desires of his soul, and he that doeth unrighteousness is blessed. …
Thomas Aquinas
After Eliphaz shows the anxieties of fear which the wicked man suffers even when he is in the state of prosperity, he now speaks about the bitter things by which he is consumed when he has been cast down in adversity to answer Job's statement, "Do you write bitter things against me and punish me for the sins of my youth?" (13:26) He places becoming a fugitive as the first of these bitter things. …
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