Their father Jacob said to them,“ You have taken my children away from me. Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
Turn away before I go to the place I can’t return from. It’s the land of gloom and total darkness.It’s the land of darkest night and total darkness and disorder. There even the light is like darkness.’ ”
Lord, you understand how much I’m suffering. Show concern for me. Take care of me. Pay back those who are trying to harm me. You are patient. Don’t take my life away from me. Think about how much shame I suffer because of you.