Lamentations 3:28
That he sit alone and keep silence, since He layeth it upon him;
Noyes Bible
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;
29That he put his mouth in the dust, [[saying to himself,]] “Perhaps there may be hope!”
Cross References
Job 23:2Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
Psalms 39:10But remove from me thine infliction; For I am perishing by the blow of thine hand.
Jeremiah 15:17I have not sat in the assembly of them that made merry, nor rejoiced; On account of thy hand I have sat alone; 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 →