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 loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning— Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; And in the night season, and am not silent.
I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.