Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed (is) the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates - even as 'I cry at men's gates' (Proverbs 8:3), Blessed (is) the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates - even as 'I cry at men's gates' (Proverbs 8:3), either as a client waiting on his patron or advocate early and late; or a lover at the door of the beloved one (Job 31:9), which probably is the better view; as the watching as wisdom's gates forms the contrast to paying suit to the harlot, (Proverbs 7:1-27.) The priests used to wait at the doors of the tabernacle for the blessing; and the people used to watch at the temple gates for his return from ministration (Exodus 29:42; Luke 1:10; Luke 1:21). Like diligent disciples of heavenly wisdom, we must use all means and opportunities of progress, being the first to enter, the last to leave her school (cf. Matthew 7:7).