Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken [the Lordes yoke] vpon hym.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
In Context
27O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp?
29He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →