“I am like a Pelican of the wildernes: I am like an owle of the desert.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
- King James Version
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand.
- Basic English Bible
I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;
- Darby Bible
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
- Webster's Bible
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
- World English Bible
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(102:7) I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 102:6
102:6 A pelican - Is a solitary and mournful bird.