8. “How I wish that I might have what I ask forand that God would give me what I hope for.
9. How I wish God would crush meand reach out his hand to destroy me.
10. Then I would have this comfortand be glad even in this unending pain,because I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.
11. “I do not have the strength to wait.There is nothing to hope for,so why should I be patient?
12. I do not have the strength of stone;my flesh is not bronze.