Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
King James Version with Apocrypha
In The King James Version
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
In Context
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Cross References
Job 23:2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Jeremiah 15:17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
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 →