Psalms 102:6
Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
In Context
5I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
7I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.
Job 30:29I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.
Zephaniah 2:14And flocks shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume 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 →