Psalms 102:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zeph 2:14 : 14 And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.
  • Rev 18:2 : 2 And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.
  • Job 30:29-30 : 29 I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches. 30 My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.
  • Isa 34:11-15 : 11 But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land. 12 The jackals will be there, and her great ones will be gone; they will say, There is no longer a kingdom there, and all her chiefs will have come to an end. 13 And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches. 14 And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there. 15 The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
  • Mic 1:8 : 8 For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 102:7-9
    3 verses
    84%

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

    8 My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

    9 I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:

  • Ps 102:3-5
    3 verses
    76%

    3 My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

    4 My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.

    5 Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.

  • Isa 38:14
    75%

    14 I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

  • Job 30:28-30
    3 verses
    75%

    28 I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help.

    29 I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

    30 My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.

  • Ps 55:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

    7 I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)

  • Deut 14:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15 And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

    16 The little owl and the great owl and the water-hen;

    17 And the pelican and the vulture and the cormorant;

  • Ps 22:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

    14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

    15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

  • Lev 11:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16 And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

    17 And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;

    18 And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;

  • Ps 143:4
    71%

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Ps 31:12
    71%

    12 I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

  • Ps 109:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22 For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

    23 I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

  • Ps 102:11
    70%

    11 My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.

  • Mic 1:8
    70%

    8 For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.

  • Isa 34:11
    69%

    11 But the birds of the waste land will have their place there; it will be a heritage for the bittern and the raven: and it will be measured out with line and weight as a waste land.

  • Jonah 2:4
    69%

    4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

  • Job 7:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

    12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

  • Job 30:19
    69%

    19 Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

  • Isa 34:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there.

    15 The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

  • Ps 69:3
    69%

    3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.

  • Ps 120:5
    69%

    5 Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.

  • Job 16:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15 I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.

    16 My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;

  • Ps 143:6
    68%

    6 My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

  • Jer 12:9
    68%

    9 My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.

  • Job 17:6
    68%

    6 He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport.

  • Lam 3:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

    11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

  • Ps 22:6
    68%

    6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

  • Ps 31:9
    67%

    9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

  • Ps 42:1
    67%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

  • Ps 38:8
    67%

    8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

  • Ps 38:6
    67%

    6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

  • Ps 25:16
    67%

    16 Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

  • Ps 142:6
    67%

    6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.