64. The devil is then deceived so as to wound
himself with his own bite, and to arm against himself him whom he
thought to weaken. So he armed holy Job the more
after he wounded him, who, with his whole
body covered with sores, endured indeed the bite of the devil, but felt
not his poison. And so it is well said of him, “Thou shalt
draw out the dragon with an hook, thou wilt play with him as with a
bird, thou shalt bind him as a boy doth a sparrow, thou shalt lay thine
hand upon him.” Job xli. 1, 5, 8 [LXX.].