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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Why, O Lord," says he, "have You withdrawn afar off?" Then he who thus inquired, as if all on a sudden he understood, or as if he asked, though he knew, that he might teach, adds, "You despise in due seasons, in tribulations:" that is, You despise seasonably, and causest tribulations to inflame men's minds with longing for Your coming. For that fountain of life is sweeter to them that have much thirst.
Thomas Aquinas
Here he sets forth the progress of the wicked. And first, he sets forth the cause of their wickedness. Second, he describes their wickedness, at "whose mouth is full of cursing," etc. Third, against it he implores divine assistance, at "Arise, O Lord God." The cause of wickedness is twofold: namely permissive and inductive. The second, at "because the sinner is praised." Regarding the first, he does three things. First, he sets forth the divine dissimulation, which seems to be the cause of evildoing for the wicked. Eccl. …
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