Psalm 102:6
Strong's Lexicon
I am
הָ֝יִ֗יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

like
דָּ֭מִיתִי (dā·mî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1819: 1) to be like, resemble 1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to liken, compare 1b2) to imagine, think 1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself like 1d) (Niphal)

a desert
מִדְבָּ֑ר (miḏ·bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: 1) wilderness 1a) pasture 1b) uninhabited land, wilderness 1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities) 1d) wilderness (fig.) 2) mouth 2a) mouth (as organ of speech)

owl,
לִקְאַ֣ת (liq·’aṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6893: 1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

like an owl
כְּכ֣וֹס (kə·ḵō·ws)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3563: n f 1) cup n m 2) a kind of owl (an unclean bird)

among the ruins.
חֳרָבֽוֹת׃ (ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2723: 1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

Young's Literal Translation
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

New American Standard Bible
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.

King James Bible
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

New Living Translation
I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.

English Standard Version
I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;

New American Standard Bible
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

International Standard Version
I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land.

NET Bible
I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
















Cross References
Isaiah 34:11
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

Psalm 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Psalm 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

Psalm 102:7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

Psalm 102:8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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