Psalms 102:6
\102:5\Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
In Context
5\102:4\My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;
Job 30:29I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
Zephaniah 2:14And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:2-12
Complaints in Affliction. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I… Read the whole commentary →