Epistle of Barnabas, on Ps 50:17

“O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.”

“To us, then, He declares, "A sacrifice [pleasing] to God is a broken spirit; a smell of sweet savour to the Lord is a heart that glorifieth Him that made it." We ought therefore, brethren, carefully to inquire concerning our salvation, lest the wicked one, having made his entrance by deceit, should hurl us forth from our [true] life.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.