I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on 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, and a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
My soul waits for Jehovah more than morning-watchers who are watching for the morning.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and in the night, and am not silent.
My lovers and my friends stand apart from my plague; and my neighbors stand far off.
You keep my eyes awake; I am troubled and I cannot speak.