Psalms 102:7
I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
In Context
6Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
8I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:66And thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, neither shalt thou trust thy life.
Job 30:29I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
Psalms 38:11My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.
Psalms 130:6Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:
Mark 14:33And he taketh Peter and James and John with him; and he began to fear and to be heavy.
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 →