And said: Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
To the earth, from which man was originally taken. Gen. .2 : 7. m This is added by Sept. Vat "As it hath pleased the Lord, so it is done." n Keel. 5 : 14; 1 Tim. 6: 7. St Augustin observes that Job, "knowing that the devil could have no power over him, unless permitted by Him whose power is supreme, gave all glory to God, and ascribed no power to the devil. For when the devil had takdn from him all things, he said : The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away; he did not say: The Lord gave, the devil hath taken away: because the devil could have taken nothing unless the Lord had permitted it" In Ps. 90 : 2.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.