Lamentations 3:27 (DBY)

Passage

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26 It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:

Lamentations 3:28 He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

Lamentations 3:29 he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "good", "bear", "yoke", and "youth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "good" and "bear", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "It is good that one should both..." into verse 28's "He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence because...", so "good" and "bear" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "good" and "bear" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.