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Psalms 102:7
7I am awake in the night, like a bird that sits alone on the roof.
Psalms 102:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
- New International Version (NIV)I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I lie awake, And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.
Context of Psalms 102:7
5I cry aloud with pain, so that I am just skin and bones. 6I am like a wild bird in the desert. I am like an owl in the wilderness. I am awake in the night, like a bird that sits alone on the roof. 8All day my enemies insult me. They laugh at me and they use my name as a curse. 9Because you are so angry with me, I eat ashes as my food. My tears drop into the water that I drink. It seems that you have picked me up, and then you have thrown me away.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:7 word by word
שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־גָּֽג׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:7
- Psalms 22:2My God! I call aloud to you for help every day, all day and all night! But you do not answer my prayers, so I cannot sleep.
- Psalms 77:4God, you do not let me close my eyes to sleep. I am so upset that I cannot even speak.
- Psalms 130:6I want my Lord to come and help me, more than a guard at night wants the morning to come. Yes, I want my Lord to come quickly, even more than that.
- Deuteronomy 28:66You will be in danger of death all the time. You will be afraid in the day and at night. You will never know if you will live for one more day.
- Job 7:13When I lie down to sleep, I hope that my pain will be less.
- Mark 14:33Jesus took Peter, James and John with him. He started to feel very sad and upset.
- Psalms 38:11My family and my friends stay away from me, because of my illness. They do not come near to me.
- Lamentations 3:28Also, when the Lord causes them to be in trouble, they should sit alone quietly.
Commentaries on Psalms 102:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7As a sparrow alone - צפור tsippor, seems to be often used for any small bird, such as the swallow, sparrow, or the like. Bochart supposes the screech owl is intended.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top - That is, I am “sleepless;” trouble drives sleep from my eyes, and I am kept awake at night - a common effect of grief. The following remarks, copied from the “Land and the Book” (i. 54,55), will furnish all the illustration needful of this verse. “They are a tame, troublesome, and impertinent generation, and nestle just where you don‘t want them. They stop up your stove and waterpipes with their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The psalmist cannot sleep (see Psalm 63:6–8). Like a lone bird on a housetop, he feels alone and separated from both friends (see Psalm 88:8) and enemies.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. The figures express extreme loneliness.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 102
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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