Unto me men gave ear
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
and waited
yachal (yaw-chal')
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope -- (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
and kept silence
damam (daw-man')
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
at
lmow (lem-o')
to or for -- at, for, to, upon.
my counsel
`etsah (ay-tsaw')
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence -- advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or), purpose.