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Job 35:13

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

For God will not hear without reason, and the Almighty will behold the causes of men one by one. We must observe that two points are stated: both that He does not hear without reason him, who cries to Him, and yet regards his sufferings; and pretends not to hear his cry, and still is not ignorant what each one suffers. Let no one, then, who is not speedily heard, believe that he is not cared for by God's providence. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVI ↗

Thomas Aquinas

So that one does not believe that God hears all people indiscriminately he says, "For not in vain," without reason, "will God hear," because he hears some and not others for a very just reason. He expresses this reason saying, "and the Almighty will regard the causes of each man" in that he hears the worthy but not the unworthy.

Commentary on Job ↗