So he asked, “Lord, why have you brought me this trouble? How have I displeased you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
How can I take care of your problems, your troubles, and your disagreements all by myself?
Moses went back to the Lord and asked, “Why have you brought this trouble on your people? Why did you send me?
Besides these external matters, I have the daily pressure of my anxiety about all the churches.
“You have said, ‘It’s pointless to serve God. What do we gain if we meet his standards or if we walk around feeling sorry for what we’ve done?
Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to heal? Will you disappoint me like a stream that dries up in summertime?
I’m so miserable! Why did my mother give birth to me? I am a man who argues and quarrels with the whole earth. I have never lent or borrowed anything. Yet, everyone curses me.
Do not take me to court for judgment, because there is no one alive who is righteous in your presence.
O Lord, who would be able to stand if you kept a record of sins?
I will say to God, ‘Don’t condemn me. Let me know why you are quarreling with me.
If this is how you’re going to treat me, why don’t you just kill me? I can’t face this trouble anymore.”
So Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? They’re almost ready to stone me!”
Moses heard people from every family crying at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became very angry, and Moses didn’t like it either.