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The Prayer of the Afflicted

Psalms 102:6

In 11 translations

BSB
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
KJV
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
WEB
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
ASV
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
LSV
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, || I have been as an owl of the dry places.
YLT
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
DBY
I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;
DRC101:7
I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
GNV
I am like a pelicane of the wildernesse: I am like an owle of the deserts.
JPS102:7
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
LXXE101:7
I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC102:7
דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃KJV:Ps.102.6
LXX-Br101:7
Ὡμοιώθην πελεκᾶνι ἐρημικῷ, ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ νυκτικόραξ ἐν οἰκοπέδῳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Zephaniah 2:14Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will…
  • Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
  • Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
  • Job 30:29–30I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches. My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
  • Isaiah 34:11–15The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. No nobles will be left to…
  • Micah 1:8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 102:7 in some Bibles
  • 102:6 in most Bibles

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