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Psalm 4:1 (WEB)
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

Fathers and councils · 5

Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius II.14Book II
“…Him the Spirit of Truth, as if one should say that He is a possession and chattel of the Truth, without being aware that God is called a God of righteousness; and we certainly do not understand thereby that God is a possession of righteousness.” — editor's note: The text reads, “that God is called righteousness,” but the argument seems to require the genitive case. The reference may be to Ps. iv. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions IX.4Book IX
“When I called upon Thee, Thou didst hear me, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XIII.26Book XIII
“Hereat doth he rejoice, hereon doth he feed; because they have well done, not because his strait was relieved, who saith unto thee, “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress;” because he knew both “to abound and to suffer need,” in Thee Who strengthenest him.” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 4
““When I called, the God of my righteousness heard me” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 10
“Therefore in this sense take ye also this word, end, when the Psalm is read and ye hear it said, “On the end, a Psalm of David.”” — editor's note: Enarr. in Ps. iv. 1, etc.
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