Gregory the Dialogist

Am I a sea or a whale, that thou hast compassed me about with a prison? Man is 'compassed about with a prison,' in that he very often both strives to mount on high by the strides of virtuous attainments, and yet is impeded by the corruption of his fleshly part. Of which same the Psalmist rightly prays that he might be divested, saying, Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Thy Name. But what have we set forth by the designation of 'the sea,' saving the hearts of carnal men tossed with swelling thoughts? …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Among other things, which embittered men usually discuss together, they are accustomed especially to search for the causes of their bitterness because there is hardly an embittered man who does not seem in his own mind to have been afflicted either very unjustly or more than is just. …

Commentary on Job ↗