Lamentations 3:27 (DRB)

Passage

Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:25 Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26 Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

Lamentations 3:27 Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

Lamentations 3:28 Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

Lamentations 3:29 Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Teth It is good to wait with..." into verse 28's "Jod He shall sit solitary and hold...", so "teth" and "good" 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 "teth" and "good" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.