4. The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.
5. Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
6. Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food.”
7. Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.
8. You who are the hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?
9. Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? You are among us, Lord, and we bear your name; do not forsake us!
10. This is what the Lord says about this people: “They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.”
11. Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.