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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God" [Psalm 3:7]. It is not said to God, "Arise," as if asleep or lying down, but it is usual in holy Scripture to attribute to God what He does in us; not indeed universally, but where it can be done suitably; as when He is said to speak, when by His gift Prophets speak, and Apostles, or whatsoever messengers of the truth. …
Thomas Aquinas
And whence he has this confidence he shows when he says, "arise," that is, manifest your power by making me rise from death. And this means, "save me," etc. "Because you have struck," etc. Above he had said two things: that they trouble him -- "Lord, why are they multiplied who trouble me" -- and against these he says: "because you have struck." Likewise they defamed him -- "there is no salvation for him," etc. …
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