Thomas Aquinas, on Job 23:17

“For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.”

“He then shows why he fears the future, although he is not conscious of guilt on his part, saying, "For I have not perished," i.e. I have endured adversity, "because of the darkness hemming me in," the errors and the sins which are said to hem one in when they are confirmed in the spirit of a man, for example, when he sins from malice. Malice is sometimes not confirmed in a man, but he is impelled to sin from some sudden passion, for example, of concupiscence or anger. Job excludes this from himself saying, "nor has the dark covered my face," for truly the eye of reason is darkened when its judgment is deceived in a particular act because of passion.”

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