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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
I would not that He should contend with me with great power, nor oppress me with the weight of His mightiness. For the soul of one however righteous, if he be judged with strictness by Almighty God, is borne down by the weight of His mightiness. In which same words this is likewise to be understood, that whereas the holy man shews the might of God, what else of Him does he desire, but His weakness? And it is written, the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Thomas Aquinas
In the previous chapter Job's friends had frequently referred to divine power and grace as if to sustain divine judgment. As Sophar said in Chapter Eleven, "He is higher than the heavens and what will you do?" (v.8) and the other things which follow there. So he excludes this objection when he says, "I do not want him to argue with me with his great strength, nor crush me with the greatness of his power," as if to say: Your answer in which the power and greatness of God are proposed against me alone does not satisfy me. …
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