I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Ver. 17. I sat not in the assembly of the mockers.] That scoffed and mocked at God's messages and menaces. Or, I have not sat in the assembly of those that make merry; sed serius fui, spiransque compunctionem; I came not at feasts and merry meetings since I became a prophet.
I sat alone.] As Moses in like case did. Exo 33:7