Lamentations 3:27
Teth. It is good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
In Context
26is good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation of the Lord.
28He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne it upon him.
Cross References
Psalms 90:12+ 90:12 Mat. 4. 6. They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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 →