Psalms 102:7
I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
In Context
6I am like a pelicane of the wildernesse: I am like an owle of the deserts.
8Mine enemies reuile me dayly, and they that rage against me, haue sworne against me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:66And thy life shall hang before thee, and thou shalt feare both night and day, and shalt haue none assurance of thy life.
Job 30:29I am a brother to the dragons, and a companion to the ostriches.
Psalms 38:11My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre off.
Psalms 130:6My soule waiteth on the Lord more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning.
Mark 14:33And hee tooke with him Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and hee began to be troubled, and in great heauinesse,
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 →