17 (A)When the poor and needy seek water,
    and there is none,
    and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
    I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 (B)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
(C)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
    and the dry land springs of water.
19 (D)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
    the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (E)the cypress,
    the plane and the pine together,

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