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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. (Psalm 102:7)

Sparrow.

Heb. sippor, a general term for winged animals (see Gen. 7:14; Deut. 4:17).

“Alone” is perhaps an allusion to a bird bereft of its mate.

I watch.

Or, “I am wakeful.”