Let him sit alone and be silent, Because He has laid it on him.
I have not sat in the company of the mockers, nor do I exult. I have sat alone because of Your hand, for You have filled me with displeasure.
The elders of the daughter of Tsiyon Sit on the ground, are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads, They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Yerushalayim Have let their heads hang to the ground.
I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the house-top.
“I was dumb, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.
It is good for a man to bear a yoke in his youth.
“Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
“Turn aside Your stroke from me; I am overcome by the blow of Your hand.