⁵ Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the desert provides nourishment for their children.

²⁶ to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
on a desert with no human life,^[a]

²⁴ a wild donkey^(A) at home^[a] in the wilderness.
She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.
Who can control her passion?
All who look for her will not become weary;
they will find her in her mating season.^[b]