Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, 1 because He hath laid it upon him. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
In Context
27It is tov for a gever that 1 he bear the ol (yoke) from his youth. 1
29He putteth his mouth in the aphar; 1 there may yet be tikvah. 1
Cross References
Job 23:2Even hayom (today) is my complaint bitter; 1 my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 1
Psalms 39:10I was silent, I opened not my mouth; 1 because Atah (Thou) did it. 1
Jeremiah 15:17I sat not in the sod (company) of merrymakers, 1 nor rejoiced; 1 I sat alone because of Thy yad; 1 for Thou hast filled me with za'am (indignation). 1
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 →