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a distinction is shown between what is more commonly called your salvation and your savior. For "your savior" is written by them as Iesouach, clearly indicating the name of our Savior Jesus; for everyone translates it thus in agreement; but "your salvation" is Oisouath. A sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit; a contrite and humbled heart God will not despise. Another said: For the healthy, the sacrifice of praise is fitting; but for the sick, that of a humbled 23.441 and contrite heart. And since my heart has become broken, according to Symmachus, I rightly prayed for a clean heart in me, O God, instead of a broken one; and instead of a contrite spirit, according to Symmachus, I said: "And renew a right spirit within my inward parts." A contrite spirit is one that crushes itself through confession; such also is the heart that humbles itself through repentance. For God will accept it as such, after the swelling of sin, in place of a sacrifice. Then you will be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, an offering and whole burnt offerings. But to this someone might say, how, having just said, "For if you had desired sacrifice, I would have given it," does he now say, "Then you will be pleased with a sacrifice," as if God will accept sacrifice after the city is rebuilt? But he did not simply say "sacrifice," but "of righteousness." For when you are pleased with Zion and the walls of Jerusalem are built, such a sacrifice will be offered to you. For the God-fearing commonwealth would bear an image of the heavenly city of God; wherefore the Church of God is also named after it, whose walls he calls the angels who surround it, or also the priests who fight for it, Symmachus said "You will accept," instead of "you will be pleased." And the offering, and the whole burnt offerings, and moreover the calves, must be understood as of righteousness. For all things are fulfilled of righteousness, according to the bloodless and spiritual sacrifices offered in the Church of God throughout the whole world. For in another place it was said to the Jews by a prophet: "I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice from your hands. Because from the rising of the sun to its setting my name has been glorified among the nations; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice." This is now called a sacrifice of righteousness; and it is also of praise, as he said before: "Offer to God a sacrifice of praise." TO THE END, OF UNDERSTANDING FOR DAVID. 51. When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, and said to him: "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." The 33rd psalm was spoken by David when he changed his face before Abimelech, and he sent him away, and he departed. But this one would follow that one according to the history. For the Scripture of the Kingdoms says, "And one of the servants of Saul was there on that day." And it indicates the time when David came to the house of Abimelech and ate the bread of the Presence, having received it from the high priest. For at that very time, Doeg the Syrian, who was tending the mules of Saul, arrived and came to Saul and said: "I saw the son of Jesse arrive at Nob to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub the priest, and all the sons of his father; and 23.444 he inquired of God for him, and gave him provisions." And the king sent to call Abimelech the priest, and all the sons of his father, the priests of the Lord who were in Nob, and they all came to the king; When Saul commanded, that same Doeg put to death the priests of the Lord, 305 men who wore the ephod, and the

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τῆς κοινότερον σωτηρίας σου λεγομένης καὶ τοῦ σωτηρίου σου δηλοῦται διαφορά. Γράφεται γὰρ τὸ μὲν σωτήριόν σου παρ' αὐτοῖς, Ἰησουὰχ, σαφῶς δηλοῦν τοὔνομα τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ· συμφώνως γὰρ οὕτως ἑρμηνεύουσιν ἅπαντες· τὸ δὲ, σωτηρία σου, Οἰσουάθ. Θυσία τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον· καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουδενώσει. Ἄλλος εἶπεν· Ὑγιέσι μὲν ἁρμόττει τῆς αἰνέσεως ἡ θυσία· νοσοῦσι δὲ ἡ διὰ τῆς τεταπει 23.441 νωμένης καὶ συντετριμμένης καρδίας. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ κατεαγυῖα γέγονεν ἡ καρδία μου, κατὰ Σύμμαχον, εἰκότως εὐξάμην καρδίαν καθαρὰν ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἀντὶ τῆς κατεαγυίας· καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ συντετριμμένου πνεύματος, κατὰ Σύμμαχον, ἔλεγον· Καὶ πνεῦμα εὐθὲς ἐγκαίνισον ἐν τοῖς ἐγκάτοις μου. Συντετριμμένον δὲ πνεῦμα τὸ δι' ἐξομολογήσεως ἑαυτὸ συντρίβον τυγχάνει· τοιαύτη καὶ ἡ διὰ τῆς μετανοίας ἑαυτὴν ταπεινοῦσα καρδία. Τοιαύτην γὰρ αὐτὴν γενομένην μετὰ τὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας οἴδημα ἀντὶ θυσίας προσδέξεται ὁ Θεός. Τότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν δικαιοσύνης, ἀναφορὰν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα. Ἀλλὰ πρὸς ταῦτα φήσειεν ἄν τις, πῶς ἀρτίως εἰπών, Ὅτι, εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἂν, νῦν ὡς μέλλοντος θυσίαν δέχεσθαι τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ τὸ τὴν πόλιν ἀνακτισθῆναι, φησὶ, Τότε εὐδοκήσεις θυσίαν; Ἀλλ' οὐχ ἁπλῶς ἔφη θυσίαν, ἀλλὰ δικαιοσύνης. Ὅτε γὰρ εὐδοκήσεις τὴν Σιὼν καὶ οἰκοδομηθῇ τὰ τείχη Ἱερουσαλὴμ, τοιαύτη σοι θυσία προσενεχθήσεται. Τὸ γὰρ θεοσεβὲς πολίτευμα εἰκόνα φέροι ἂν τῆς ἐπουρανίου πόλεως τοῦ Θεοῦ· διὸ καὶ ταύτης ὁμώνυμος ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησία, ἧς τείχη λέγει τοὺς περιφράττοντας ταύτην ἀγγέλους ἢ καὶ τοὺς ἱερωμένους καὶ προμαχοῦντας αὐτῆς, Προσδέξῃ δὲ, εἶπεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ, εὐδοκήσεις, ὁ Σύμμαχος. Καὶ τὴν ἀναφορὰν δὲ, καὶ τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα, δικαιοσύνης νοητέον, καὶ προσέτι τοὺς μόσχους. Πάντα γὰρ δικαιοσύνης ἐκτελεῖται, κατὰ τὰς ἀναίμους καὶ πνευματικὰς θυσίας, τὰς ἐν τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησίᾳ καθ' ὅλης τῆς οἰκουμένης προσφερομένας. Καὶ ἐν ἄλλῳ γὰρ εἴρηται πρὸς Ἰουδαίους προφήτῃ· Οὐκ ἔστι μου θέλημα ἐν ὑμῖν, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ θυσίας οὐ προσδέξομαι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν. ∆ιότι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου μέχρι δυσμῶν δεδόξασται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι· καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυμίαμα προσφέρεται τῷ ὀνόματί μου, καὶ θυσία καθαρά. Αὐτὴ νῦν λέγεται θυσία δικαιοσύνης· ἔστι δὲ καὶ αἰνέσεως, καθὰ πρόσθεν ἔλεγε· Θῦσον τῷ Θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως. ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ, ΣΥΡΕΣΕΩΣ ΤΩ ∆ΑΥΙ∆ ΝΑʹ. Ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν ∆ωὴκ τὸν Ἰδουμαῖον, καὶ ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ Σαοὺλ, καὶ εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ· Ἦλθε ∆αυῒδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἀχιμέλεχ. Ὁ μὲν λγʹ ψαλμὸς εἴρηται τῷ ∆αυῒδ, ὁπότε ἠλλοίωσε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐναντίον Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ ἀπέλυσεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν. Οὗτος δὲ ἐκείνῳ ἀκόλουθος ἂν εἴη κατὰ τὴν ἱστορίαν. Λέγει γὰρ ἡ Γραφὴ τῶν Βασιλειῶν, Καὶ ἐκεῖ ἦν ἓν τῶν παιδαρίων τοῦ Σαοὺλ, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. Ἐπισημαίνεται δὲ τὸν καιρὸν ἐν ᾧ ἦλθε ∆αυῒδ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγε λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως. Κατ' αὐτὸ γὰρ ἐκεῖνο τοῦ καιροῦ φθάσας ∆ωὴκ ὁ Σύρος, ὁ νέμων τὰς ἡμιόνους Σαοὺλ, καὶ ἐλθὼν πρὸς Σαοὺλ εἶπεν· Ἑώρακα τὸν υἱὸν Ἰεσσαὶ παραγενόμενον εἰς Νοβὰν πρὸς Ἀβιμέλεχ τὸν υἱὸν Ἀχιτὼβ τὸν ἱερέα, καὶ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ 23.444 ἠρώτα αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπισιτισμὸν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ. Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς καλέσαι τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ τὸν ἱερέα, καὶ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοῦ Κυρίου τοὺς ἐν Νοβὰν, καὶ παρεγένοντο πάντες πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα· Ὅτε κελεύσαντος τοῦ Σαοὺλ, αὐτὸς ἐκεῖνος ὁ ∆ωὴκ, ἐθανάτωσε τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοῦ Κυρίου τʹ καὶ εʹ ἄνδρας φέροντας ἐφοὺδ, καὶ τὴν