I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
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 ostriches.
My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
My God, I cry by day, but you don’t answer; by night, I am not silent.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.