“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.

“His roots are dried below,
And his branch is cut off above.

“Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

“Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,

“From want and famine they are gaunt
Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,