Gregory the Dialogist

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION Therefore these particulars being finished, which he spoke in the voice of the Head, blessed Job is brought back to his own words, saying; Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIV ↗

Thomas Aquinas

After he has enumerated his own adversities, he invites them to compassion, doubling his request for mercy because of the great number of his miseries saying, "Have pity on me, have pity on me, you, at least, who are my friends," because I have been abandoned by others. The cause of pity is his affliction which is all the more grave as it is incited by someone more powerful, and so he continues, "because the hand of the Lord has struck me." For he understood that he had been smitten by God.

Commentary on Job ↗