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I keep watch,שָׁקַדְתִּיand I amוָאֶהְיֶהlike a birdכְּצִפּוֹרaloneבּוֹדֵדonעַלthe roof.גָּג
Psalms 102:7
Study it in the app“I keep watch, and I am like a bird alone on the roof.”
The psalmist feels like a lonely bird on the roofLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 102:7, word by word
- I keep watchשָׁקַדְתִּיshakadti
keep watch, be awake
To keep watch, to stay awake and alert in order to guard something.
Where else “shakadti” appears- and I amאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears- like a birdצִפּוֹרtsipor
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appears- aloneבּוֹדֵדboded
alone, apart
Alone, apart from the others.
Where else “boded” appears- the roofגָּגgag
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appears
The context
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.
7 · This verse (above)
8All the day my enemies taunt me; those who rage against me swear by me.