Psalms 102:6
The Lord accomplishes mercies, and his judgment is for all who patiently endure injuries.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
In Context
5He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle.
7He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk, according to its kind,
Job 30:29I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.
Zephaniah 2:14And flocks will lie down in its midst, all the beasts of the Gentiles. And the pelican and the hedgehog will stay at its threshold; the voice of the singing bird will be at the window, with the crow above its threshold, for I will diminish her strength.
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 →