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Job 8:22

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

They that hate thee shall be clothed with confusion, and the tents of the wicked shall not abide. 'Confusion clothes' the enemies of the good in the final Judgment; for when they see before the eyes of their mind their past misdeeds running over in excess to them, their own guilt clothes them on every side, weighing them down. For they then bear the memory of their doings in punishment, who now, as though strangers to the faculty of reason, sin with hearts full of joy. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Also the contrary is true, for, "Those who hate you will be covered with shame," for they will be openly confounded in various ways so that in this way they will wear confusion like a garment. So that this would not seem impossible to someone because of the present prosperity in which they seemed to flourish, he continues, "and the tent of the wicked will not endure." For the tent in which most of the men of the East customarily live and have their chattel and possessions can be understood to mean all those things which pertain to …

Commentary on Job ↗