Forbear, &c.— Groan silently; make no funeral mourning. This translation is agreeable to the famous saying of the poet,
Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent.*
* Light cares are talkative; heavier cares are silent.
Instead of the bread of men, Houbigant, in agreement with several of the versions, and many commentators, reads the bread of mourners. See Jeremiah 16:7.