 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - 1836 - 612 sider
...imprisonment, or the like, saying with the church, Psal. cii. 6, 7, " I am like a pelican of the wilderness: 1 am like an owl of the desert: I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top 1" In this case faith leans upon the immensity of a God in Christ, and is... | |
 | 1842 - 954 sider
...Psalms he breathes forth his feelings under this friendless solitude, — " I am like a pelican in the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert; I watch and am as a sparrow aluue upon the house-top." We are told that he endured the contradiction of Miioers against himself,... | |
 | John Hooper - 1844 - 524 sider
...my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican in the wilderness ; I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top. Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; and they that are mad against me are... | |
 | Robert Butler - 1855 - 184 sider
...of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin (Ps. cii. 4). 1 am like a pelican of the wilderness; lam like an owl of the desert : I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top (Ps. cii. 6). Like a crane or a swallow, so do I chatter; I mourn like a dove... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1863 - 534 sider
...the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin. . I am like a pelican of the wilderness, lam like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop. I have eaten ashes like bread: and mingled my drink with weeping: Because... | |
 | mrs. Alexander S Orr - 1869 - 276 sider
...my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican in the wilderness ; I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop." She cast a sorrowful glance from time to time on the ruby bracelet with which... | |
 | John Richard Vernon - 1869 - 384 sider
...mood, of duller, quieter, more morbid sadness : — " I am like a pelican of the wilderness : — T am like an owl of the desert : I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top." Could our sickly, lonely moods of perhaps diseased depression and self-banishment... | |
 | James Jershon Jezreel - 1879 - 304 sider
...water : but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place." " I am like a pelican of the wilderness, like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, — thou... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1882 - 606 sider
...my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican in the wilderness ; I am like an owl of the desert. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top." If he had exercised all his ingenuity, he could hardly have found a more... | |
 | Congregational Union of England and Wales - 1888 - 470 sider
...the voice . | of my | groaning |] my bones . | cleave ... | to my | skin. 4 I am like a pelican . I of the | wilderness || I am like . an | owl ... |...of the | desert. I watch, . and am | as a | sparrow [| a- . | lone up- | on the | housetop. 5 Mine enemies reproach . me | all the | day ]| and they that... | |
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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 eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican in the wilderness... 
