Psalm 102:7 {101:8}
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I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

watch

Psalm 22:2 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.

Psalm 77:4 My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not.

Psalm 130:6 From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Deuteronomy 28:66,67 And thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, neither shalt thou trust thy life. . . .

Job 7:13-16 If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved, speaking with myself on my couch: . . .

Mark 14:33-37 And he taketh Peter and James and John with him: and he began to fear and to be heavy. . . .

alone

Psalm 38:11 My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off:

Lamentations 3:28-30 Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself. . . .

Context
The Prayer of the Afflicted
6I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house. 7I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.8All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.…
Cross References
Psalm 77:4
My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not.

Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

Lexicon
I lie awake;
שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי (šā·qaḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8245: To be alert, sleepless, to be on the lookout

I am
וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה (wā·’eh·yeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like a lone
בּוֹדֵ֥ד (bō·w·ḏêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 909: To be separate, isolated

bird
כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר (kə·ṣip·pō·wr)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6833: A little bird

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a housetop.
גָּֽג׃ (gāḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1406: A roof, the top of an altar


Additional Translations
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top.

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

I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.

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

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

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

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

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