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Lamentations 3:36

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

A contention from divine justice is here advanced. First is eliminated a tyrannical oppression from divine justice. As stated: "To crush under foot": like a tyrant, who externally opposes any judgment. Then: "all the prisoners of the earth." Namely, all those afflicted. To which Psalm 69:33 can refer: "For the Lord hears the needy, and does not despise his own that are in bonds." Second, perversity of a judge is excluded: "to turn aside the right of a man in the presence of the Most High." That is, from rectitude. …

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