“I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.”
King James Version (KJV)
102:5 Skin - My flesh being quite consumed.
102:6 A pelican - Is a solitary and mournful bird.
102:9 Bread - The sense is, dust and ashes are as familiar to me as the eating of my bread; I cover my head with them; I sit, yea, lie down in them, as mourners often did.
I watch, and am as a sparowe alone vpon the house top.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.
- Basic English Bible
I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
- Darby Bible
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
- Webster's Bible
I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
- World English Bible
I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(102:8) I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible