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Psalms 3

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Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me. Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me. I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side. Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongs to Yahweh. May your blessing be on your people.

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Psalms 3:2

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

So multiplied indeed were they, that one even from the number of His disciples was not wanting, who was added to the number of His persecutors. "Many rise up against me; many say unto my soul, There is no salvation for him in his God" [Psalm 3:2]. It is clear that if they had had any idea that He would rise again, assuredly they would not have slain Him. …

Exposition on Psalm 3 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

They also trouble by words, detracting or proposing falsehoods; hence, "many say," etc. Against what is said in Ps. 36: "The salvation of the just is from the Lord." For if the wicked would consider this, they would not easily rise up against the just; but because they do not believe it, or because they despise the power of God or the justice of the man, they say by word and deed, "there is no salvation for him," etc., that is, in Him whom he worships and makes his God. …

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