“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.”
Lamentations 3:28 (KJV) |
Lamentations 3:28
From Lamentations 3, in the Book of Lamentations (Old Testament).
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It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.