Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
World English 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 the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
7I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
Job 30:29I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”
Zephaniah 2:14Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all kinds of animals. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
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 →