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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Thine iniquity will hurt a man, who is like thee, and thy righteousness will profit the son of man. The iniquity of man hurts him, whom it pollutes by perversion. And, again, our righteousness profits him, whom it converts from his wickedness. For those things cannot either hurt, or profit, which cannot either corrupt from what is good, or change from what is evil. The powers above, then, cannot be either hurt, or profiled, because they have already received to be free from change. …
Thomas Aquinas
One could object that God did not care whether man acts justly or unjustly. To answer this he then adds, "Your impiety will harm man who is your fellow creature", because he can receive harm; "and your justice will help a son of man," who needs the help of justice. This is why God prohibits impiety and commands justice, since God cares about men who are helped or hurt by this.
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