Psalms 102:7
(102-8) I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
In Context
6(102-7) I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
8(102-9) Mine enemies taunt me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:66And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.
Job 30:29I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Psalms 38:11(38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 130:6My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.
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 →