I am like a pelican of the desert, like an owl of the waste places.
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 have become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
My soul waits for my Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Distant from my salvation are the words of my groaning.
My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me.
I remember God and I moan. I muse, and my spirit grows faint. Selah