Olympiodorus of Alexandria, on Job 3:4

“Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.”

“According to Job's words, he desires that the moon or the stars might not illuminate his night but that it may be obscured by thick darkness, which Job calls the shadow of death. If one carefully examines the text's meaning, Job demands through his prayers that sin may appear as it actually is in its great depravity, so that sin may not simulate virtue. Rather, after sin has been recognized as dark and deadly, it may be avoided and rejected.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.