And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, why have you brought evil upon this people? why is it that you have sent me?
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
The words that Moses speaks to the Lord are not words of contumacy or indignation but of inquiry and prayer. This fact is clear from the way the Lord answered him. For he did not accuse him of infidelity but revealed what he was about to do.
Wherefore. These are not words of anger, but of earnest prayer. (St. Augustine, q. 14.) Moses does not attempt to satisfy the exasperated officers, but commits the whole to God. (Menochius)
In great undertakings, there are commonly many difficulties; which ought not to discourage us. (Tirinus)
