Psalms 102:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

dāmîtî to qiʾat miḏbār hāyîtî like kôs ḥŏrāḇôt

Grammar Details

*dāmîtî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I resemble/liken myself to
*liqʾat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - to pelican of
*miḏbār*: noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert
*hāyîtî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become
*kᵉḵôs*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like owl of
*ḥŏrāḇôt*: noun, feminine plural - ruins/waste places

Word Meanings

*dāmîtî*: I resemble/am like/compare myself to
*qiʾat*: pelican/desert owl/water bird
*miḏbār*: wilderness/desert/wasteland
*hāyîtî*: I have become/I am
*kôs*: owl/night bird
*ḥŏrāḇôt*: ruins/waste places/desolate areas

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 77:4 : 4 Thou holdest{H8804)} mine eyes waking: I am so troubled{H8738)} that I cannot speak{H8762)}.
Ps 38:11 : 11 My lovers and my friends stand{H8799)} aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand{H8804)} afar off.
Deut 28:66-67 : 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Job 7:13-16 : 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Lam 3:28-30 : 28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Mark 14:33-37 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

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