“Too Heavy for Me”

¹⁰Moses could hear the people weeping — family after family, each man standing at the entrance of his tent. The LORD's anger burned intensely, and Moses was deeply troubled. ¹¹Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you brought this burden on your servant? What have I done to lose your favor, that you've placed the weight of all these people on me? ¹²Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them? Yet you tell me, 'Carry them in your arms, like a nurse carries a baby, all the way to the land you promised their ancestors.' ¹³Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, 'Give us meat to eat!' ¹⁴I can't carry all these people by myself — it's too much for me. ¹⁵If this is how you're going to treat me, then just kill me now — if I've found any favor with you at all — and spare me from this misery."