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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 14. He hath broken me with breach upon breach. [ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION] In her weak members Holy Church is 'broken with breach upon breach,' when sin is added to sin, that transgression should be brought to a more dreadful pitch. Thus for him, whom avarice forces to robbery and robbery leads into deceit, so that the sin committed is further defended by falsehood, how else is it with this man, but that he is broken with breach upon breach? …
Thomas Aquinas
Third, he shows the great number of blows which he has suffered in his own person, and so he then says, "he cut me down," in my own person, "with wound," i.e. with a very grave ulcer, "upon wound," coupled with the deaths of his children. The fourth sign is that he can apply no cure to or resistance against his tribulation because it proceeded from divine providence, reflecting what he said already, "The God whose anger none can resist..." (9:13) He expresses this saying, "he has seized me like a giant," whom a weak man cannot resist …
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