²⁸ He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid `it' upon him.

¹⁷ I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, -- Alone I have sat, For `with' indignation Thou hast filled me.

¹⁰ Sit on the earth -- keep silent do the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have caused dust to go up on their head, They have girded on sackcloth, Put down to the earth their head have the virgins of Jerusalem.

⁹ I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.

⁷ I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.