^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.”

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.