and suddenly, a great wind came from across the desert, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish
And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.

“Even young children despise me;
When I get up, they speak against me.

“The proud beasts [and their young] have not walked on it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

The young men saw me and hid themselves,
The aged arose and stood [respectfully];

Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite said,

“I am young, and you are aged;
For that reason I was anxious and dared not tell you what I think.

“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her sons?

“Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

“Who provides prey for the raven
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?

“Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

“They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They cast out their labor pains.

“Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],

“His young ones suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”