Lamentations 3:28 · KJV
“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.”
— Lamentations 3:28
{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Lamentations 3 — Context
{It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Cross References
Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, {and} keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Psalms 102:7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Psalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.