KJV King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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Psalm 102:7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
WEB World English Bible
I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
ASV American Standard Version
I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
Surrounding context — Psalm 102
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 watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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Cross-references
Psalm 77:4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.Lamentations 3:28-30He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.Mark 14:33-37And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;Psalm 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.Deuteronomy 28:66-67And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:Psalm 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.Psalm 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.Job 7:13-16When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
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