Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 102 connects to 8 cross-references. A prayer of the afflicted — the heading is unique in describing the psalmist's distress — lamenting wasted days, dried bones, and reproach from enemies. The pivot comes with meditation on God's everlasting throne. God will arise and have pity …
Other Translations
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand.
Cross References
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with …
There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the …
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and …
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, …
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the …
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and …