Psalms 102:7
I make my sleepless lament like a bird on the house-top alone.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
In Context
6Like a desert-owl of the wilderness, like an owl among ruins am I.
8All the day wild foes revile me, using my name for a curse.
Cross References
Psalms 38:11My dear ones and friends keep aloof, and my neighbors stand afar off.
Psalms 130:6I look for the Lord more than watchman for morning, than watchman for morning.
Mark 14:33He took with him Peter, James, and John; and began to show signs of great dismay and deep distress of mind.
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 →