As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
that thou dost 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 thee!
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 spoke thus to the people of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel bondage.
Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
Do not regard your maidservant as a base woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”