I watch, and am become like a sparrow\par\tab That is alone upon the house-top.
I watch, and am as a sparrow Alone upon the house top.
I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning], like a bereaved sparrow alone on the housetop.
I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
I lie awake all night. I’m all alone like a bird on a roof.
He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel.
He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.
I am a brother to jackals,\par\tab And a companion to ostriches.
My soul {\i waiteth} for the Lord\par\tab More than watchmen {\i wait} for the morning;\par\tab {\i Yea, more than} watchmen for the morning.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;\par\tab And in the night season, and am not silent.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague;\par\tab And my kinsmen stand afar off.\par
Thou holdest mine eyes watching:\par\tab I am so troubled that I cannot speak.