Job 30:29 also uses owl imagery to describe desolation — 'companion to owls' mirrors the psalmist's self-comparison to an owl.

Isaiah 34:11-15 lists pelican and owl among creatures of desolate Edom, directly paralleling the psalmist's bird metaphors.

Isaiah 38:14 also uses bird imagery (crane, swallow, dove) to express mourning — the same poetic device as the pelican and owl here.

Zephaniah 2:14 also mentions cormorant and bittern (pelican/owl) as signs of desolation, reinforcing the same symbolic use.

Micah 1:8 uses similar bird imagery (owls/ostriches) to express mourning, echoing the psalmist's self-description as a desolate bird.

Leviticus 11:16 lists the owl (and pelican in v.18) as unclean birds, highlighting the psalmist's use of ritually impure creatures.