Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
In Context
27Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
29He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
Cross References
Job 23:2Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
Psalms 39:10Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.
Jeremiah 15:17I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, — Alone I have sat, For [with] indignation Thou hast filled me.
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 →