Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness ] It may be the pelican or the bittern. The original, taq kaath, is mentioned Lev. xi. 18, and is there described. See the note.
Owl of the desert. ] wk cos, some species of owl; probably the night raven. See the notes referred to above.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, i often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has put words into our mouths. Here in 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 spiri to unburden itself, by a humble representation of its griefs. We mus 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 shadow.
Original Hebrew דמיתי1819 לקאת6893 מדבר4057 הייתי1961 ככוס3563 חרבות׃2723
