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In 1 Clement, the author joins three psalms from the Greek Septuagint translation, beginning with Psalm 69, to argue that God needs nothing and asks only for confession, which prepares for the appeal to the leaders of the revolt to admit their fault.
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LXX Psalms 68:32
Septuagint
29 Let them be blotted out from the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous ones. 30 I am poor and suffering, and the salvation of your face supported me. 31 I will praise the name of God! With song I will magnify him in praise. 32 And this will satisfy God more than a young bull bearing horns and hoofs. 33 Let the poor see and be cheerful. Seek out God, and you shall live, 34 because the Lord gave ear to the poor ones, and his own ones, having been bound fast, he did not scorn. 35 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, the sea and all the creeping things in them. 36 For God will save Zion, and the cities of Judah will be restored. And they will inhabit there, and they will inherit it.
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 52:2
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
1 The Master, brothers and sisters, has need of nothing at all. He desires not anything of any man, except to confess to Him. 2 For the elect David says; “I will confess to the Lord, and it shall please Him more than a young calf that grows horns and hoofs. Let the poor see it, and rejoice.” 3 And again He says; “Sacrifice to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High: and call upon Me in the day of your affliction, and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” 4 For a sacrifice to God is a broken spirit.
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Notes and References
“... The pattern followed is to state why the hero may be regarded as approved by God and then to cite passages that give evidence of his humility: Abraham (Is 41:8 contrasted with Gen 18:27), Job (Job 1:1 contrasted with Job 14:4– 5), Moses (Num 12:7 contrasted with Ex 3:11; 4:10 and an unknown source); David (1 Sam 13:14; Ps 88:21 contrasted with Ps 50:3–19 LXX). Scriptures on confession of sin and praying for forgiveness are brought together in 1 Clement 52–53 (Ps 68:31–33; 49:14–15; 50:19 LXX; Ex 32:7–10, 31–32; Deut 9:12–14). ...”
Martin, Ralph P.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
(p. 1196) InterVarsity Press, 1997
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