Consider that we beatify those who have endured. You have heard of the patient suffering of Job. And you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate. (Jas 5:11)
ἰδοὺ μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομείναντας· τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε καὶ τὸ τέλος κυρίου εἴδετε, ὅτι πολύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ κύριος καὶ οἰκτίρμων.
Ecce beatificamus eos, qui sustinuerunt. Sufferentiam Iob audistis, et finem Domini vidistis, quoniam misericors Dominus est, et miserator.
The chosen adjective reveals the nature of God’s mercy and tenderness. God is very gracious. Although mercy is one, it manifests itself in many ways. Hence, the prefix πολυ- [poly-]. In this way, God embraces everyone, because He shows each of us deep emotion, adequate to our state of poverty, suffering, devastation, and sin. “Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our sins, has enlivened us together in Christ” (Eph 2:4-5).
