16. Has not the food been cut offbefore our very eyes –joy and gladnessfrom the house of our God?
17. The seeds are shrivelledbeneath the clods.The storehouses are in ruins,the granaries have been broken down,for the grain has dried up.
18. How the cattle moan!The herds mill aboutbecause they have no pasture;even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
19. To you, Lord, I call,for fire has devoured the pastures in the wildernessand flames have burned up all the trees of the field.