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Job 5:11

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

LITERAL INTERPRETATION. Who setteth up on high those that be low. And those which mourn He exalteth with safety. It is well said then, Who setteth up on high those that be low. And it is fitly added, And those which mourn He exalteth with safety. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VI ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Then he shows the activity of divine providence even in human affairs. If human affairs were to run their course as their arrangement seems to demand, there would appear to be little or no trace of divine providence in them. But when human affairs run their course in another way, foolish men who do not consider higher causes, attribute this to chance or fortune. …

Commentary on Job ↗