Job Chapter 27

Job persists in asserting his own innocence, and that hypocrites will be punished in the end.

“As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness.” (Job 27:2)

Holy Church is persecuted with words of falsehood and swords of enemies.

“By which same words blessed Job at once tells his own circumstances, and represents the times of Holy Church under affliction, wherein she is borne down by the open forwardness of unbelievers, and vexed by the bitterness of persecution.  For in two ways the Church is subject to be tried by her adversaries, viz.  that she should suffer persecution either by words or swords.  Now Holy Church aims with the greatest diligence to possess wisdom and patience.  And her wisdom is exercised when she is tried with words, her patience is exercised when she is tried with swords.  Now, however, he is speaking of that persecution, wherein she is provoked not by swords, but by false statements.” -St. Gregory The Dialogist