King James Version
Psalms 102:6 in the King James Version says “I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 102 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.”
Psalms 102:6 · KJV
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. skin: or, flesh
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“I am like an owl”
H3563a cup (as a container), often figuratively, some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
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