Let him sitaloneand be silentSinceHe has laid[it] on him.
"Eventodaymy complaintis rebellion;His handis heavydespitemy groaning.
I lieawake,I have becomelike a lonelybirdon a housetop.
"RemoveYour plaguefrom me; Becauseof the oppositionof Your handI am perishing.
"I have becomemute,I do not openmy mouth,Becauseit is You who have done[it].
I did not sitin the circleof merrymakers,Nordid I exult.Becauseof Your hand[upon me] I satalone,For You filledme with indignation.
The eldersof the daughterof ZionSiton the ground,they are silent.They have thrownduston their heads;They have girdedthemselves with sackcloth.The virginsof JerusalemHave bowedtheir headsto the ground.
[It is] goodfor a manthat he should bearThe yokein his youth.
