“As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my cry come to You.
“What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
“Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”
So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,