¹⁸ How ^(A)the beasts groan!
    The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
    even the flocks of sheep suffer.^[a]

³ Therefore ^(A)the land mourns,
    and all who dwell in it languish,
^(B)and also the beasts of the field
    and the birds of the heavens,
    ^(C)and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

^4 (A)How long will the land mourn
    and the grass of every field wither?
^(B)For the evil of those who dwell in it
    ^(C)the beasts and the birds are swept away,
    because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

⁵ Even ^(A)the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.
^6 (B)The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
    they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
    because there is no vegetation.

²⁰ Even the beasts of the field ^(A)pant for you
    because the water brooks are dried up,
^(B)and fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness.