Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!
Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.
Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman, for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”