As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?
that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
Moses told this to the Israelites; but they would not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel slavery.
Then he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.”
Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time.”