11 So Moses said to the Lord , "Why have You been so hard on Your servant ? And why have I not found favor in Your sight , that You have laid the burden of all this people on me? 12 "Was it I who conceived all this people ? Was it I who brought them forth , that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant , to the land which You swore to their fathers '? 13 "Where e am I to get meat to give to all this people ? For they weep before me, saying , 'Give us meat that we may eat !' 14 " I alone am not able to carry all this people , because it is too burdensome for me. 15 " So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once , if I have found favor in Your sight , and do not let me see my wretchedness ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 11:11-15
Commentary on Numbers 11:10-15
(Read Numbers 11:10-15)
The provocation was very great; yet Moses expressed himself otherwise than became him. He undervalued the honour God had put upon him. He magnified his own performances, while he had the Divine wisdom to direct him, and Almighty power to dispense rewards and punishments. He speaks distrustfully of the Divine grace. Had the work been much less he could not have gone through it in his own strength; but had it been much greater, through God strengthening him, he might have done it. Let us pray, Lord, lead us not into temptation.