Chapter LII.—Such a Confession is Pleasing to God.
The Lord, brethren, stands in need of nothing; and He desires nothing of any one except that confession be made to Him. For, says the elect David, “I will confess unto the Lord; and that will please Him more than a young bullock281 I. omits from Ps. lxix. 31, 32 the word following “bullock.” that hath horns and hoofs. Let the poor see it, and be glad.”282 Ps. lxix. 31, 32. And again he saith, “Offer283 Or, “sacrifice.” unto God the sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vows unto the Most High. And call upon me in the day of thy trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”284 Ps. l. 14, l5. I. omits Ps. l. 15. For “the sacrifice of God is a broken spirit.”285 Ps. li. 17.
ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ ΝΒ’. Ἀπροσδεής, ἀδελφοί, ὁ δεσπότης ὑπάρχει τῶν ἁπάντων· οὐδὲν οὐδενὸς χρῄζει εἰ μὴ τὸ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι αὐτῷ. Φησὶν γὰρ ὁ ἐκλεκτὸς ∆αυίδ· «Ἐξομολογήσομαι τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ἀρέσει αὐτῷ ὑπὲρ μόσχον νέον κέρατα ἐκφέροντα καὶ ὁπλάς· ἰδέτωσαν πτωχοὶ καὶ εὐφρανθήτωσαν.» Καὶ πάλιν λέγει· «Θῦσον τῷ θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως καὶ ἀπόδος τῷ ὑψίστῳ τὰς εὐχάς σου· καὶ ἐπικάλεσαί με ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς σου, καὶ ἐξελοῦμαί σε, καὶ δοξάσεις με.» «Θυσία γὰρ τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον.»