I lie awake, and am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.
You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
My friends and my companions stand aloof from my affliction, and relatives stand far off.
My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; indeed, more than those who watch for the morning.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and at night, and have no rest.
I am a brother of jackals and a companion of owls.