A moment in scripture
Psalms 102:6
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
- Psalms 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
- Psalms 102:7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
- Psalms 102:8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.