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Job 9:13

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

God, Whose wrath none can resist, and under Whom they that bear the world are bowed down. It is very strange that it is declared that none can resist God's wrath, seeing that the divine Oracles witness that many have withstood the wrathfulness of the visitation of Heaven. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Third, the depth of the divine wisdom is shown in the punishment of the guilty, because no cunning tactics or power can avoid the vengeance of God wherever a man turns as Psalm 138 says, "Where can I flee from your spirit, or where can I hide from your face?" (v.7) He addresses this theme saying, "[He is] God, whose anger no one can resist." For anger, as attributed to God in the Scriptures, does not mean a movement of the soul but vengeance. …

Commentary on Job ↗