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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 102) Psalms 102:6 KJV
"I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert."
Psalms 102:6 in Context (Verses 3–9 KJV)
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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.*
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My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.*
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I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,