Fathers

Psalms 3

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LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

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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 ↗