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Psalm 102:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 102:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 My heart[a] is stricken, withered like grass;
I am too exhausted to eat my bread.
6 As a result of my incessant groaning,
I am now nothing more than skin and bones.
7 I am like a pelican[b] of the wilderness,
like an owl among the ruins.
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:5 Heart: see note on Ps 4:8. Withered like grass: see note on Ps 90:5.
- Psalm 102:7 Pelican: a bird that in Christian times became a symbol of Christ all alone in Gethsemane and of the Eucharist. The word is also translated as “owl.” Owl: a symbol of desolateness and destruction (see Isa 34:11, 15; Jer 50:39; Zep 2:14).
