Psalms 102:7
5 Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
- KJV
- I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
- WEB
- I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
- ASV
- I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
- DARBY
- I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
- BLB
- I stay awake, and I am like a bird alone on the housetop.
- ÅB
- Jeg våker og er blitt som en enslig fugl på taket.
- OTB
- Jeg ligger våken,
Jeg er som en ensom fugl på et hustak. - B1930
- Jeg våker og er blitt som en enslig fugl på taket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 77:4
You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
Read in contextLamentations 3:28–30
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
Read in contextMark 14:33–37
He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
Read in contextPsalms 130:6
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Read in contextJob 7:13–16
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:66–67
So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
Read in contextPsalms 38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Read in contextPsalms 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
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