Thomson(i)
2 Judea mourned and her gates were deserted: and darkness overspread the land and the cry of Jerusalem ascended.
3 When her nobles sent their underlings for water; they went to the wells and found no water and returned with their vessels empty.
4 A stop was put to the works of the field because there was no rain. The husbandmen were confounded; they covered their heads.
5 The hinds calved in the field and left their young because there was not a green plant.
6 The wild asses stood in the forests and snuffed up the wind: their eyes failed because there was no grass.
7 Our sins have risen up against us. O Lord, deal with us for Thine own sake: for our sins are many in Thy sight; for we have sinned against Thee.