Hearken to. Literally, "look steadfastly on me. "(Haydock) Compare my present with my former condition, and do not pretend to fathom God's judgments; which fill me also with astonishment, when I consider why the virtuous are distressed, and the wicked prosper, ver. 7. Mouth be silent. Harpo crates, 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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