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

¹⁷ I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

⁷ I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

⁹ I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.