King James Version
Psalms 102:7 in the King James Version says “I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 102 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.”
Psalms 102:7 · KJV
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.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I watch”
H8245to be alert, i.e., sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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