The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.
“Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer.
and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs. And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men. The nations heard about him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,
For thus the Lord said to me, “As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called out against him he is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.
He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
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