My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Ver. 15. My son, if thine heart be wise.] Si vexatio det intellectum, if either by instruction or correction I may make thee wise or well spoken, Bonum virum, dicendi peritum - as Quintilian's orator - totus laetitia dissiliam, I shall be a joyful man indeed. St John had no greater joy than to hear that his children walked in the truth. 3Jn 1:4 And St Paul could never be thankful enough for such a mercy. 1Th 3:9
Even mine.] Or, Even as I - viz., was a comfort to my parents.