Psalms 102:6
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
In Context
5Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
7I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
Job 30:29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
Zephaniah 2:14Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
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 →