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I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
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The Sleeplessness of Grief
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Ellicott, Gill) agree that the phrase "I watch" signifies a state of sleeplessness. The psalmist's grief is so profound that it drives away sleep, leaving him awake at night with his troubles. This captures the physical and mental exhaustion that often accompanies deep sorrow.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
I watch — i.e., am sleepless.
Sparrow. — See Note, Psalms 84:3. Here render, like …
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I watch Night after night, and take no sleep; cannot get any by reason of thoughtfulness, care, and trouble:
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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…
