13. the prudent--the spiritually wise.
shall keep silence--not mere silence of tongue, but the prudent
shall keep himself quiet from taking part in any public or private
affairs which he can avoid: as it is "an evil time," and one in which
all law is set at naught.
Eph 5:16
refers to this. Instead of impatiently agitating against irremediable
evils, the godly wise will not cast pearls before swine, who would
trample these, and rend the offerers
(Mt 7:6),
but will patiently wait for God's time of deliverance in silent
submission
(Ps 39:9).
JFB.
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