He shall sit alone, and he shall be still; for he raised himself above himself.
Now also my word is in bitter-ness, and the hand of my wound is aggrieved on my wailing.
I waked; and I am made as a solitary sparrow in the roof.
remove thou thy wounds from me. From the strength of thine hand I failed in blamings;
I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for thou hast made this happen,
I sat not in the council of players, and I had glory for the face of thine hand; I sat alone, for thou filledest me with bitterness.
They sat in [the] earth, the eld [or old] men of the daughter of Zion were still; they besprinkled their heads with ashes, the elder men of Judah be girt with hair-shirts; the virgins of Judah casted down to the earth their heads.
It is good to a man, when he hath borne the yoke of his youth.