Psalms 102:7
(102:8) I watch, and I am become like a [night-]bird sitting alone upon the housetop.
Leeser Tanakh
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 the pelican of the wilderness: I am become like the owl amid ruins.
8(102:9) All the day my enemies reproach me: they that mock me swear by me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:66And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt be in dread day and night, and thou shalt have no confidence of thy life;
Job 30:29I am a brother to [howling] monsters, and a companion to ostriches.
Psalms 38:11(38:12) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning expect 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 →