Psalms 102:6
I am like the pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl amid ruins.
Noyes Bible
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 my sighing, my bones cleave to my skin;
7I am sleepless; I am like a solitary bird upon the house-top.
Cross References
Job 30:29I am become a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane, so did I twitter; I did mourn as a dove; Mine eyes failed with looking upward; “O Lord, I am in distress; O, deliver me!”
Zephaniah 2:14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, Yea, all the tribes of wild beasts; The pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge in the capitals of her pillars; A cry shall resound in the window; Desolation shall be upon the threshold; For her cedar-work shall be laid bare.
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 →