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19 Lord, I shall cry to thee, for fire ate the fair things of desert, and flame burnt all the trees of the country. (Lord, I shall cry to thee, for fire ate up the beautiful things of the desert/for fire ate up the pastures of the wilderness, and flames burned down all the trees of the countryside.)

20 But also beasts of the field, as a cornfloor thirsting rain, beheld [up] to thee; for the wells of waters be dried up, and fire devoured the fair things of desert. (And the beasts of the field, like a threshing floor thirsting for rain, looked up to thee; for the water wells be dried up, and fire devoured the beautiful things of the desert/and fire devoured the pastures of the wilderness.)

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19 To you, Lord, I call,(A)
    for fire(B) has devoured the pastures(C) in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild animals pant for you;(D)
    the streams of water have dried up(E)
    and fire has devoured the pastures(F) in the wilderness.

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