Psalms 102:7
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
BSB
ASV
I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
KJV
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the house top: I keep a solitary vigil as the lone sentry of my nation; my fellows are too selfish, too careless to care for the beloved land, and so like a bird which sits alone on the housetop, I keep up a sad watch over my country. The Psalmist compared himself to a bird, —a bird when it has lost its mate or its young, or is for some other reason made to mope alone in a solitary place.
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Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
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When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
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Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
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Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
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Psalms 77:4You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
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When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,