Psalms 102:6
(102:7) I am like the pelican of the wilderness: I am become like the owl amid ruins.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
In Context
5(102:6) Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.
7(102:8) I watch, and I am become like a [night-]bird sitting alone upon the housetop.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16And the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind;
Job 30:29I am a brother to [howling] monsters, and a companion to ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chirp; I did moan like a dove; my eyes were lifted up on high: O Lord, I am oppressed; grant me ease.
Zephaniah 2:14And there shall lie down in the midst of her flocks, all the beasts of the nations; both the pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge in the capitals of her columns; singing-birds shall sing in the windows; ruin shall be on the thresholds; for the cedar wainscoting shall be torn away.
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 →