Psalms 102:7

NETBible

I stay awake; 1  I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

NIV ©

I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.

NASB ©

I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

NLT ©

I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.

MSG ©

Insomniac, I twitter away, mournful as a sparrow in the gutter.

BBE ©

I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.

NRSV ©

I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.

NKJV ©

I lie awake, And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.

KJV
I watch
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and am as a sparrow
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alone
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upon the house top
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NASB ©
I lie
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awake
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, I have become
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like a lonely
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bird
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on a housetop
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.
LXXM
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V-AAI-1S
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CONJ
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V-API-1S
wsei
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PRT
strouyion
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N-ASN
monazon {V-PAPAS} epi
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PREP
dwmati
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N-DSN
NET [draft] ITL
I stay awake
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; I am like
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a solitary
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bird
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on
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a roof
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.
HEBREW
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(102:7)
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NETBible

I stay awake; 1  I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

NET Notes

1 tn This probably refers to the psalmist’s inability to sleep. Another option is to translate, “I keep watch,” in which case it might refer to watching for a response from the Lord (see vv. 1-2).