How wonderful to be wise, to be able to analyze and interpret things. Wisdom lights up a person's face, softening it's hardness.
Solomon begins with two rhetorical questions.
Who is like the wise man?
There is no substitute for wisdom, man needs wisdom in order to exist in life.
Who knows the interpretation of a matter?
This Hebrew word is found only here, its Aramaic parallel is found in Daniel and referees to the interpretation of dreams.
Here it has a broader sense in that the wise man is the one who can size up a situation and act accordingly.
As a result, the wise man will act graciously and avoid rash behavior that could lead him to harm.
He is illumined, he has understanding, and his stern face beams, which means he is patient, tolerant, gracious.
And one of the greatest expressions of wisdom, a part from anything spiritual, just human wisdom, is the wise man will function well under authority.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
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