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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Times are not hidden from the Almighty; they that know Him, know not His days. What are called 'the days' of God, save His very Eternity itself? which is sometimes described by the announcement of 'one day,' as where it is written, For one day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. But sometimes on account of its length it is represented by the expression of a number of days, whereof it is written, Thy years are throughout all generations. We then are wrapped up within the divisions of time, through this that we are created beings. …
Thomas Aquinas
In the preceding chapter Job proved that he had not been punished because of malice as Eliphaz had asserted. (22:5) Now he wants to clearly show that he does not propose that God does not have care of human affairs, as Eliphaz had charged. (22:12) Consider here that some people proposed that God does not have knowledge and care of human things because of his distance from us. For they believed that just as we are not strong enough to know him because of such a distance, so he does not have the power to know us. …
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