I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top — That is, I am “sleepless;” trouble drives sleep from my eyes, and I am kept…

I watch — i.e., am sleepless.

Sparrow. — See Note, Psalms 84:3. Here render, like …

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to ea…

I watch
Night after night, and take no sleep; cannot get any by reason of thoughtfulness, care, and trouble:

The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, as often elsewhere, the Holy Spirit has put words into our mouths. Here is a pray…