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Job 21:15

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

Ver. 15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? 52. For the mind of man being miserably discharged without, is so dissipated in things corporeal, as neither to return to itself within, nor to be able to think of Him, Who is invisible. Thus carnal men setting at nought spiritual commands, because they do not see God with bodily sight, one time or another come to this pass, that they even imagine Him not to be. Hence it is written, The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"Who is the Almighty that we should serve him?" which shows a defect of good works originating from the contempt of God, "and what comes to us if we adore him?" which shows a contempt of prayer because of a defect of hope.

Commentary on Job ↗