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- Verse 6
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
I watch,.... Night after night, and take no sleep; cannot get any by reason of thoughtfulness, care, and trouble:
and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop; or, "as a bird" (o); for there is no…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
I am like a pelican of the wilderness - A bird in the midst of desolation becomes a striking image of loneliness and distress. The word rendered “pelican” - קאת qâ'ath - is supposed to have been a…
The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a prayer of the afflicted. It was composed by one that was himself afflicted, afflicted with the church and for it; and on those that are of a public…
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