Psalms 101:7
I have become like a pelican in solitude. I have become like a night raven in a house.
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In The King James Version
In Context
6Before the voice of my groaning, my bone has adhered to my flesh.
8I have kept vigil, and I have become like a solitary sparrow on a roof.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:11You shall not steal. You shall not lie. Neither shall anyone deceive his neighbor.
2 Kings 5:26But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.
Psalms 52:2They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.
Ezekiel 13:9And my hand will be over the prophets who are seeing emptiness and divining lies. They shall not be in the council of my people, and they shall not be written in the writing of the house of Israel. Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.
Acts 1:25to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place.”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 101:2-8
Mercy and Judgment; David's Pious Resolution. 1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath a high… Read the whole commentary →