27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his [a]youth.

28 He sitteth alone, [b]and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

29 He putteth his [c]mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:27 He showeth that we can never begin too timely to be exercised under the cross, that when the afflictions grow greater, our patience also by experience may be stronger.
  2. Lamentations 3:28 He murmureth not against God, but is patient.
  3. Lamentations 3:29 He humbleth himself as they that fall down with their face to the ground, and so with patience waiteth for succor.

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