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27 ·I never stop being upset [L My insides are brought to a boil and not stilled];
    days of ·suffering [affliction] are ahead of me.
28 ·I have turned black, but not by the sun [or I walk around mourning, without passion].
    I stand up in public and cry for help.
29 I have become a brother to ·wild dogs [jackals]
    and a friend to ·ostriches [or eagle owls; C animals that live in the desolate wilderness].
30 My skin has become black and peels off,
    as my ·body [L bones] burns with ·fever [heat].
31 My ·harp [lyre] is tuned to sing a sad song,
    and my ·flute [reed pipe] is tuned to moaning.

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