Waiting for a Tzaddik’s Sunrise

It is told that the birth of the Chasam Sofer’s son was long and difficult. Some of his talmidim and Torah scholars noticed that their Rebbe did nothing to hasten it, and they asked, “Why did the Rav not daven that his wife give birth more easily and quickly?”

The Chasam Sofer answered, “Surely you know the words of Chazal in Yoma 38, that as one sun sets, another rises. When one tzaddik’s life ends like a sunset, another tzaddik’s life begins like a sunrise. My son will surely be a tzaddik. If so, how can I hasten his birth and cause another tzaddik’s life to end before its time?”