⁵ If you will seek God
    and ^(A)plead with the Almighty for mercy,

⁵ Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert
    the poor^{[a] (A)}go out to their toil, ^(B)seeking game;
    the wasteland yields food for their children.

^28 (A)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.