²⁸ Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

¹⁷ I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.

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

⁹ I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, Because you did it.

⁷ I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.