King James Version

Psalms 102:7

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 102:8.

שָׁקַ֥דְתִּיshaqadtihastenשָׁקַדverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hasten”, a completed actionH8245to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑הvaehyehand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹרketsiporas birdצִפּוֹרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as bird”, the ordinary formH6833a little bird (as hopping)bird, fowl, sparrow.בּוֹדֵ֥דbodedaloneבָּדַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “alone”, a verb used as a describing wordH909to divide, i.e. (reflex.) be solitaryalone.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…גָּֽגgagroofגָּגnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “roof”, the ordinary formH1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarroof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(102-8) I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

World English Bible

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

Darby Translation

I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

Douay-Rheims

He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(102-8) I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἠγρύπνησα, καὶ ἐγενήθην ὡσεὶ στρουθίον μονάζον ἐπὶ δώματι.