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Psalms 102:6 — King James Version← Study notes

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.


Psalms 102:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 102:65 words
HebrewMeaning
מִ/קּ֥וֹלmiqwōl
from the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
אַנְחָתִ֑/יʾanəḥātiy
groaning mynounH585
mourn · sigh
דָּבְקָ֥הdābəqāh
it clingsverbH1692
cleave · follow close · be joined · keep ···
עַ֝צְמִ֗/יʿaṣəmiy
bones mynounH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
לִ/בְשָׂרִֽ/יlibəśāriy
to flesh mypronH1320
(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 102:6

1. Behold, one poor man prays, and prays not in silence. We may therefore hear him, and see who he is: whether it be not perchance He, of whom the Apostle says, “Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might be rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 If it is He, then, how is He poor? For in what sense He is rich, who sees not? What then is richer than He, by whom riches were made, even those which are not true riches? For through Him we have even…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 102 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Aisha MbekiNote3mo ago
I Am Like a Pelican of the Wilderness
This is one of the most obscure images in the Psalms. The writer compares himself to a pelican of the wilderness - lonely, isolated, strange. The pelican becomes a symbol of solitude and estrangement,...
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