¹¹ An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

¹⁰ Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

¹⁷ and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

¹⁰ After Jehovah they go -- as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.

⁷ Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

² Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

³⁹ Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

¹⁴ If his sons multiply -- for them `is' a sword. And his offspring `are' not satisfied `with' bread.

¹⁵ His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

³ Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

⁴ If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,

¹⁹ And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.'

⁹ He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee `is' blessed, And he who is cursing thee `is' cursed.'

²⁴ Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'

⁹ A lion's whelp `is' Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise?