And accept thy burnt sacrifice;
Grant thee according to thine own heart,
And fulfil all thy counsel.
Gradational.—Psalm i. 1.
Blessed is the man
That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Parallels Introverted.—Prov. xxiii. 15, 16.
My son, if thy heart be wise,