Psalm 102:7 “I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.”

Psalm 102:7

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

World English Bible

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

American Standard Version

I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

Geneva Bible 1599

I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top.

Darby Translation

I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

Young's Literal Translation

I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

Bible in Basic English

I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.

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Cross references

“watch”

Psalm 77:4 Mark 14:33–37 Psalm 22:2 Psalm 130:6 Job 7:13–16 Deuteronomy 28:66

Psalm 77:4 · BSB

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

Mark 14:33–37 · BSB

He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.

Psalm 22:2 · BSB

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Psalm 130:6 · BSB

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Job 7:13–16 · BSB

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

Deuteronomy 28:66 · BSB

So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

“alone”

Psalm 38:11 Lamentations 3:28–30

Psalm 38:11 · BSB

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Lamentations 3:28–30 · BSB

Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

8All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

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