Minor Prophets, Major Wisdom

Although the fig-tree does not burgeon,
the vine bears no fruit,
the olive-crop fails,
the orchards yield no food,
the fold is bereft of its flock
and there are no cattle in the stalls,
yet I will exult in the Lord
and rejoice in the God of my deliverance.
The Lord God is my strength,
who makes my feet nimble as a hind's
and sets me to range the heights.

--Habakkuk 3:17-19, New English Bible