Gregory the Dialogist

ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION. Let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day. The holy man, who was filled with the virtue of the prophetic Spirit, may also have his eye fixed upon the faithlessness of Judaea at the coming of the Redeemer, and in these words he may be speaking prophetically of the mischievous effects of her blindness, as though in the character of one expressing a wish, so as to say, Let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book IV ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Next he excludes those qualities which belong to the good of the night according to nature from this night. One of these is that the night is adorned by the view of the stars. He takes this away when he says, "Let the stars be blotted out in the darkness." Another quality is that it is bedecked with the hope of day, which he removes saying, "let it hope for light, but not see it," as if to say: Although it is natural to hope for the light of day during the night, yet this night should have a darkness so great that it never ends with …

Commentary on Job ↗