7 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
7 I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
7 Insomniac, I twitter away, mournful as a sparrow in the gutter.
7 I lie awake, And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.
7 I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
9 They trotted off to Assyria: Why, even wild donkeys stick to their own kind, but donkey-Ephraim goes out and pays to get lovers.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
9 Like a wild donkey looking for a mate, they have gone up to Assyria. The people of Israel have sold themselves- sold themselves to many lovers.
(Read Hosea 8:5-10)
They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no blade, or, if it have, the bud shall yield no fruit, there was nothing in them. The works of darkness are unfruitful; nay, the end of those things is death. The hopes of sinners will deceive them, and their gains will be snares. In times of danger, especially in the day of judgment, all carnal devices will fail. They take a course by themselves, and like a wild ass by himself, they will be the easier and surer prey for the lion. Man is in nothing more like the wild ass's colt, than in seeking for that succour and that satisfaction in the creature, which are to be had in God only. Though men may sorrow a little, yet if it is not after a godly sort, they will be brought to sorrow everlastingly.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 102:7
Commentary on Psalm 102:1-11
(Read Psalm 102:1-11)
The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, is often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has put words into our mouths. Here is a prayer put into the hands of the afflicted; let them present it to God. Even good men may be almost overwhelmed with afflictions. It is our duty and interest to pray; and it is comfort to an afflicted spirit to unburden itself, by a humble representation of its griefs. We must say, Blessed be the name of the Lord, who both gives and takes away. The psalmist looked upon himself as a dying man; My days are like a shadow.