But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
19. He saith then, "But I as a deaf man heard not" (ver. 13). He who replied not to what He heard, did, as it were, not hear them. "But I as a deaf man heard not. And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth." And he repeats the same things again.
Mouth. I utterly renounce all sin. (Worthington)
David would make no reply to Semei, (Theodoret) nor our Saviour to Pilate. (Calmet)
Silence is often the best defence. (Haydock)
Eagerness to justify one's self, causes trouble and disedification. (Berthier)
The prophet joins the deaf and dumb; as those who have naturally the former defect, are also affected with the latter. (Pliny, x. 69.) (Haydock)
