Such a Confession is Pleasing to God.

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 bullock⁴²⁷⁸ that hath horns and hoofs.  Let the poor see it, and be glad.”⁴²⁷⁹  And again he saith, “Offer⁴²⁸⁰ 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.”⁴²⁸¹  For “the sacrifice of God is a broken spirit.”⁴²⁸²