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Psalms 102:6

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

KJV

faciens misericordias Dominus, et judicium omnibus injuriam patientibus.

Vulgate

ποιῶν ἐλεημοσύνας ὁ κύριος, καὶ κρίμα πᾶσι τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις.

LXX

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

ASV

מִ/קּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑/י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗/י לִ/בְשָׂרִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דָבְקָה
dbqh
verb · 54×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
י
y
noun · 11×
י
y
noun · 126×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Job 30:29 — I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
  • Job 30:29 — I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
  • Rev 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha
  • Zeph 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; desolati