Tree of Life Version
Psalms 102:7
7I am like a pelican of the desert, like an owl of the waste places.
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
5My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so that I even forget to eat my bread. 6Because of the sound of my groaning, my bones cling to my flesh. I am like a pelican of the desert, like an owl of the waste places. 8I lie awake, like a lonely bird on a roof. 9My enemies taunt me all day. My deriders use my name to curse.
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, my God, why have You forsaken me? Distant from my salvation are the words of my groaning.
- Psalms 77:4I remember God and I moan. I muse, and my spirit grows faint. Selah
- Psalms 130:6My soul waits for my Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.
- Deuteronomy 28:66“Your life will hang in the balance before you; you will be afraid night and day, and you will have no assurance of your life.
- Job 7:13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’
- Mark 14:33He takes with Him Peter, Jacob, and John; and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
- Psalms 38:11My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me.
- Lamentations 3:28Let him sit alone and be silent, since He has laid it upon him.
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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