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Psalm 102

Psa. 102:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I watch
shaqad (Hebrew #8245)
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
KJV usage: hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).
Pronounce: shaw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
, and am as a sparrow
tsippowr (Hebrew #6833)
from 6852; a little bird (as hopping)
KJV usage: bird, fowl, sparrow.
Pronounce: tsip-pore'
Origin: or tsippor {tsip-pore'}
alone
badad (Hebrew #909)
to divide, i.e. (reflex.) be solitary
KJV usage: alone.
Pronounce: baw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the house top
gag (Hebrew #1406)
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
KJV usage: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Pronounce: gawg
Origin: probably by reduplication from 1342
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Cross References

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Psa. 22:2• 2My God, I call by day, and thou answerest not,{HR}And by night, and there is no silence for me. (Psa. 22:2)
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Psa. 77:4• 4Thou holdest mine eyes watching,{HR}I am troubled and cannot speak. (Psa. 77:4)
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Psa. 130:6• 6My soul [hopeth] for the Lord,{HR}More than watchmen for the morning watch for the morning. (Psa. 130:6)
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Deut. 28:66‑67• 66And thy life shall hang in suspense before thee; and thou shalt be in terror day and night and shalt be afraid of thy life.
 67In the morning thou shalt say, Would that it were even! and in the evening thou shalt say, Would that it were morning! through the fright of thy heart wherewith thou shalt be in terror, and through the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (Deut. 28:66‑67)
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Job 7:13‑16• 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me,{HR}My couch shall ease my complaint,
 14Then thou shakest me with dreams,{HR}And makest me tremble through visions of the night,
 15So that my soul chooseth strangling,{HR}Death rather than these bones: I would not live on;
 16I loathe it: let me alone; my days are vanity. (Job 7:13‑16)
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Mark 14:33‑37• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and deeply depressed.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; tarry here and watch.
 35And he went forward a little and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
 36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee. Take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou [wilt].
 37And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? hast thou not been able to watch one hour? (Mark 14:33‑37)
alone.
Psa. 38:11• 11My lovers and my neighbours stand aloof from my calamity,{HR}And my kinsmen have stood afar off. (Psa. 38:11)
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Lam. 3:28‑30• 28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
 29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
 30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. (Lam. 3:28‑30)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

W. Kelly Translation

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I watch and become as a sparrow upon the housetop.