Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
In Context
5By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
7I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the housetop.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea mew, and the hawk after its kind,
Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Zephaniah 2:14And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.
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 →