4 Cf. nos. 14, 18, 21, 22: AAS 71 (1979) 284f., 304, 320, 323. [Back]
5 As Hezekiah experienced (cf. Is. 38:1-3). [Back]
6. As Hagar feared (cf. Gn. 1-16), as Jacob imagined (cf. Gn. 37:33-35), as David experienced (cf. 2 Sm. 19:1) [Back]
7. As Anna, the mother of Tobias, feared (cf. Tb. 10:1-7); cf. also Jer. 6:26; Am. 8:10; Zec. 12:1(). [Back]
8. Such was the trial of Abraham (cf. Gn. 15:2), of Rachel (cf. Gn. 30:1), or of Anna, the mother of Samuel (cf. 1 Sm. 1:10). [Back]
9. Such was the lament of the exiles in Babylon (cf. Ps. 137[136] ). [Back]
10. Suffered, for example, by the Psalmist (cf. Ps. 22[21]:17-21) or by Jeremiah (cf. Jer. 18:18). [Back]
11. This was a trial for Job (cf. Jb. 19:18; 3():1, 9), for some Psalmists (cf. Ps. 22[21]:7-9; 42[41]:11; 44[43]:16-17), for Jeremiah (cf. Jer. 20:7), for the Suffering Servant (cf. Is. 53:3). [Back]
12 Which certain Psalmists had to suffer again (cf. Ps. 22[21]:2-3; 31[30]:13; 38[37]:12; 88[87]:9.19), Jeremiah (cf. Jer. 15:17), or the Suffering Servant (cf: Is. 53:3).[Back]
13 Of the Psalmist (cf. Ps. 51[50]:5), of the witnesses of the sufferings of the Servant (cf. Is. 53:3-6), of the prophet Zechariah (cf. Zec. 12:10) [Back]
14 This was strongly felt by the Psalmist (cf. Ps. 73[72]:3-14), and Qoheleth (cf. Eccl. 4:1-3). [Back]
15 This was a suffering for Job (cf. Jb. 10:19), for certain Psalmists (cf. Ps. 41[40] :10; 55[54] :13-15, for Jeremiah (cf. Jer. 20:10), while Sirach meditated on this misery (cf. Sir. 37:1-6) [Back]
16. Besides numerous passages of Lamentations, cf. the laments of the Psalmists (cf. Ps. 44[43]:10-17; 77[76]:11; 89[88]:51), or of the Prophets (cf. Is. 22:4; Jer. 4:8; 13:17; 14:17-18; Ez. 9:8; 21:11-12); also cf. the prayers of Azariah (cf. Dn. 3:31-40) and of Daniel (cf. Dn. 9:16-19). [Back]
17. For example, Is. 38:13; Jer. 23:9; Ps. 31[30]:10-11; Ps. 42[41]:10-1 1 . [Back]
18. For example, Ps. 73[72]:21; Jb. 16:13; Lam. 3:13. [Back]
19. For example, Lam. 2:11. [Back]
20. For example, Is. 16:11; Jer. 4:I[9]; Jb. 30:27; Lam. 1:20. [Back]
21. For example, 1 Sm. 1:8; Jer. 4:19; 8:18; Lam. 1:20, 22; Ps. 38[37]:9, 11. [Back]
22. In this regard, it is useful to remember that the Hebrew root [unknown] designates in a comprehensive way what is evil, as opposed to what is good (tob) without distinguishing between the physical, psychological and ethical senses. The root is found in the substantive form ra’ and raa indicating indifferently either evil in itself, or the evil action, or the individual who does it. In the verbal forms, besides the simple one (qal) variously designating “being evil,” there are the reflexive passive form (niphal) “to endure evil,” “to be affected by evil” and the causative form (hiphil) “to do evil,” “to inflict evil” on someone. Since the Hebrew lacks a true equivalent to the Greek paskos “I suffer,” this verb too occurs rarely in the Septuagint translation. [Back]
23. Dn. 3:27ff.; cf. Ps. 19[18]:10; 36[35]:7; 48[47]:12; 51[50]:6; 99[98]:4; 119[118]:75; Mal. 3:16-21; Mt. 20:16; Mk. 10:31; Lk. 17:34; Jn. 5:30; Rom. 2:2. [Back]
77. Cf. Mk. 8:35; Lk. 9:24; Jn. 12:25. [Back]
92. Gaudium et spes, no. 24. [Back]
93. Lk. 4:18-19; cf. Is. 61:1-2. [Back]
100. Gaudium et spes, no. 22. [Back]
102. Cf. Jn. 17:11, 21-22. [Back]