Cross References

Job 21:4

New Century Version

“My complaint is not just against people; I have reason to be impatient.

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You look for the evil I have done and search for my sin.

“I do not have the strength to wait. There is nothing to hope for, so why should I be patient?

Lord, listen to my prayer; let my cry for help come to you.

Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God and keep praising him, my Savior and my God.

So Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him. They were discouraged, and their slavery was hard.

He said to them, “My heart is full of sorrow, to the point of death. Stay here and watch with me.”

Don’t think I am an evil woman. I have been praying because I have many troubles and am very sad.”