momentum as it whipped across the desert. The wind toppled the house, causing it to fall on Job’s ten children and kill them. All Job’s livestock had been stolen; all his servants had been murdered (except four messengers who had escaped to report; they were either Job’s servants or others who had witnessed the tragedies); and all his children had been killed. In a few minutes, Job had plummeted from wealth and prosperity to grief and pauperism. Would he also plummet from love for God to imprecation