Am I complaining about a person? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
Is that why you look for guilt in me and search for sin in me?
What strength do I have ⌞left⌟ that I can go on hoping? What goal do I have that I would want to prolong my life?
O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.
Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him. He is my savior and my God.
Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him because they were so discouraged by their back-breaking work.
Then he said to them, “My anguish is so great that I feel as if I’m dying. Wait here, and stay awake with me.”
Don’t take me to be a good-for-nothing woman. I was praying like this because I’ve been troubled and tormented.”
