5
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
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Verse 5. Hearken to. Lit. “look steadfastly on me.” Bible.—Compare my present with my former condition, and do not pretend to fathom God’s judgments; which fall me also with astonishment, when I consider why the virtuous are distressed, and the wicked prosper, verse 7.—Mouth be silent. Harpocrates, the god of silence, was represented in this posture; and Virgil says, Intentique ora tenebant. Æneid ii.—Septuagint “upon the cheek,” like men in deep consideration. Calmet.
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