I have become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
I am a brother to dragons, And a companion to owls.
I am a brother to jackals [which howl], and a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
I have become a brother to jackals, a companion to young ostriches.
I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.
I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Because of the sound of my groaning, my bones cling to my flesh.
I am like a pelican of the desert, like an owl of the waste places.
Our heart did not turn back, nor did our steps stray from Your path.
Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses. It will be a haunt of jackals, an abode for ostriches.
Like a swallow or a crane, I whisper, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary, looking upward. Adonai, I am oppressed, be my security!
Concerning this let me lament and howl. Let me walk barefoot and naked. I will make a howl like jackals and a mourning like ostriches.
and Esau I hated. I made his hills a wasteland and gave his inheritance to jackals of the wilderness.”