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The Book of Lamentations, Chapter 3, Verse 28

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[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
King James Version
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.
American Standard Version
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
New English Translation
י(Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the LORD is disciplining him.
World English Bible
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
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He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
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But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
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To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
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Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?
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Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?