⁴ How long is the ^(A)land to mourn
And the ^(B)vegetation of the countryside to wither?
For the ^(C)wickedness of those who dwell in it,
^(D)Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ^(E)ending.”

³ Therefore the land ^(A)mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,
And also the fish of the sea ^[a]disappear.