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Psalms 102:7 — King James Version← Study notes

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.


Psalms 102:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 102:76 words
HebrewMeaning
דָּ֭מִיתִיdāmiytiy
I am likeverbH1819
devise · like · mean · think ···
לִ/קְאַ֣תliqəʾat
a desert owl ofpronH6893
מִדְבָּ֑רmidəbār
the wildernessnounH4057
south · speech · wilderness
הָ֝יִ֗יתִיhāyiytiy
I amverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כְּ/כ֣וֹסkəkwōs
like an owl ofpronH3563
owl. Compare
חֳרָבֽוֹתḥŏrābwōt
the waste placesnounH2723
desolate (place · -tion) · destruction · waste
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 102:7

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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