I watch, and am as a sparrow Alone upon the house top.
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
My soul waiteth for the Lord More than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
I am a brother to dragons, And a companion to owls.