Psalm 102:6 {101:7}
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I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

like

Job 30:29,30 I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches. . . .

Isaiah 38:14 I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.

Micah 1:8 And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces, and all her wages shall be burnt with fire, and I will bring to destruction all her idols: for they were gathered together of the hire of a harlot, and unto the hire of a harlot they shall return.

a pelican

Isaiah 34:11-15 The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and a line shall be stretched out upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a plummet, unto desolation. . . .

Zephaniah 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume her strength.

Revelation 18:2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird:

Context
The Prayer of the Afflicted
5Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh. 6I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.7I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.…
Cross References
Isaiah 34:11
The bittern and ericius shall possess it: and the ibis and the raven shall dwell in it: and a line shall be stretched out upon it, to bring it to nothing, and a plummet, unto desolation.

Isaiah 38:14
I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.

Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume her strength.

Lexicon
I am
הָ֝יִ֗יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like
דָּ֭מִיתִי (dā·mî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1819: To compare, to resemble, liken, consider

a desert
מִדְבָּ֑ר (miḏ·bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

owl,
לִקְאַ֣ת (liq·’aṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6893: (a bird) perhaps pelican

like an owl
כְּכ֣וֹס (kə·ḵō·ws)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3563: A cup, a lot, some unclean bird, an owl

among the ruins.
חֳרָבֽוֹת׃ (ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin


Additional Translations
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;

I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
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