Psalm 3:5

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.33Book IV

  “Those of them, again, who spoke of His having slumbered and taken sleep, and of His having risen again because the Lord sustained Him, and who enjoined the principalities of heaven to set open the everlasting doors, that the King of glory might go in, proclaimed beforehand His resurrection…” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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Eusebius of Caesarea

• Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History X.4Book X

  “…who healeth all our diseases, who redeemeth our life from destruction, who crowneth us with mercy and compassion, who satisfieth our desires with good things.’” — editor's note: Psa. ciii. 3–5.

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Justin Martyr

• Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97

  “I laid me down, and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.’” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 4, 5.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 3

  ““I slept, and took rest” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 41

  “Rage then the Jews; be “the earth given into the hands of the wicked,” be the flesh left to the hands of persecutors, let them on wood suspend it, with nails transfix it, with a spear pierce it.” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 89

  “No man taketh ‘it from Me;’ for I Myself slept, but I lay it down of Myself, and take it again,” because it is He Himself who delivers His own soul from the hands of Hell.” — editor's note: John x. 18; Ps. iii. 5.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 102

  “Thou hadst then slept amid the ruins, and hadst said, “I laid me down, and slept.”” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 31

  “But do not fear, “Thy youth shall be renewed as the eagle’s.”” — editor's note: Ps. ciii. 5.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.18Book XVII

  “For what else is it that is sung in His person in the 3d Psalm, “I laid me down and took a sleep, [and] I awaked, for the Lord shall sustain me?”” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 47

  ““Because the Lord sustaineth [will sustain] me.”” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5. It need scarcely be said that this psalm cannot bear the Messianic interpretation attached to it by Augustin, any more than Prov. xxiii. 1, 2,…

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 9

  “To “be renewed,” that is, to be made new, for to make men new is [the work] of the laver only: for (it is said) “thy youth shall be renewed as the eagle’s.” ( Ps. ciii. 5.)” — the author cites it

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• John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 25

  “…righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made” ( Ps. xxii. 30; xxx. 31 , LXX.); and, “Thy youth shall be renewed as an eagle’s” ( Ps. ciii. 5 , LXX.); and, “Shine, O Jerusalem; behold, Thy King cometh!” ( Isa. lx. 1; Zech. ix. 9 ); and, “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven.” (…” — the author cites it

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 13

  “Why then do these calumniators of the truth, by means of the shadow and the types, endeavour to bring contempt and ridicule on the “rejoicing” of our “hope,” and the rich gift of our God and Saviour, who through regeneration renews our youth like the eagle’s?” — editor's note: cf. Ps. ciii. 5.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries Chapter 9

  “You read concerning the making of the whole world: “He spake and they were made, He commanded and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.14Book V

  “And was not this announced, oracularly, of the Saviour, by the Spirit, saying by David, “I slept, and slumbered; I awoke: for the Lord will sustain me;“ For He not only figuratively calls the resurrection of Christ rising from sleep; but to the descent of the Lord into the flesh he also applies the figurative…” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.25Book II

  “Also in the third Psalm: “I laid me down and slept, and rose up again, because the Lord helped me.”” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on Christ and Antichrist

  “And David says to the same effect, “I laid me down (couched) and slept; I awaked: for the Lord will sustain me;” in which words he points to the fact of his sleep and rising again.” — editor's note: Ps. iii. 5.

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• Psalm 16:10

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.25.

• Psalm 22:16

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.

• Psalm 22:17

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.

• Psalm 22:18

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.

• Psalm 30:3

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.25.

• Isaiah 53:9

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.

• Isaiah 65:2

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.

• John 10:18

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.25.

• Romans 10:21

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 97.