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Lamentations 3:27-29
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

27 It is good for a person, when young,
    to bear the yoke,

28 To sit alone and in silence,
    when its weight lies heavy,
29 To put one’s mouth in the dust—[a]
    there may yet be hope—

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Footnotes

  1. 3:29 To put one’s mouth in the dust: a sign of humiliation and submission; cf. v. 16; Ps 72:9.
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