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Job 29:17

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. [ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION] Oh what a spoil did he take from the mouth of the devil, when by converting she carried off Saul himself the spoiler; when still breathing threats he was on his way to Damascus, having received letters, and whereas by persecuting the faithful he was gathering prey for the devil, he was, by being made acquainted with the faith, himself gathered to Christ. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIX ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Some oppress the poor by violence, and devour them so to speak by robbing from them. Job destroyed the violence of men like this with his power, and so he continues, "I broke the jaws of the impious," because I destroyed the greed of violence so they could not rob again, "and I tore his prey from his teeth," because he compelled them to restore what they had already taken in theft.

Commentary on Job ↗