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Psalms 3:6

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"I will not fear the thousands of people that surround me" [Psalm 3:6]. It is written in the Gospels how great a multitude stood around Him as He was suffering, and on the cross.

Exposition on Psalm 3 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Then when he says, "I will not fear," the confidence of security is set forth. As if to say: since I have been heard in this way, "I will not fear," etc. Below, Ps. 26: "Though armies should stand against me," etc. In this is signified that the Church of Christ cannot be wholly cast down. Even after the resurrection, the multitude of people who surrounded the crucified Christ could do Him no harm; for "Christ rising from the dead now dies no more," Rom. 6.

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗