Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelicane of the wildernesse: I am like an owle of the deserts.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
In Context
5For the voyce of my groning my bones doe cleaue to my skinne.
7I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:16The ostrich also, and the night crowe, and the seameaw, and the hauke after his kinde:
Job 30:29I am a brother to the dragons, and a companion to the ostriches.
Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a doue: mine eies were lift vp on high: O Lord, it hath oppressed me, comfort me.
Zephaniah 2:14And flockes shall lie in the middes of her, and all the beastes of the nations, and the pelicane, and the owle shall abide in the vpper postes of it: the voyce of birdes shall sing in the windowes, and desolations shalbe vpon the postes: for the cedars are vncouered.
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 →