Psalms 102:7
\102:6\I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
In Context
6\102:5\Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.
8\102:7\I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:66Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:
Job 30:29I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
Psalms 38:11\38:10\My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
Psalms 130:6My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.
Mark 14:33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.
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 →