79. O that He may not cast away this straw at His harvest, the empty stalks of my produce; but may He gather it in, as is said by some one: “Woe is me, for I am become as one that gathereth straw in harvest, and grape gleanings in the vintage,” Mic. vii. 1. that He may eat of the firstfruits at least of His grace in me, though He approve not the later fruit.