Psalms 102:7
I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
In Context
6I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:66And thy life shall hang in suspense before thee; and thou shalt be in terror day and night and shalt be afraid of thy life.
Job 30:29I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
Psalms 38:11My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning.
Mark 14:33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
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 →