He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herbs for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

And the deer gave birth in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.

The wild donkeys stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

What shall we store up for ourselves? The herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.

Be of good courage, you beasts of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded their strength.

For though the fig tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs;

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but on account of Him who subjected it in hope;

For we know that all the creation groans together and labors in birth together until now.