For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience?
Rashi
What is my strength How strong is it to bear [my pains]?
that I should wait That I should wait until the day of recovery or until the day of death?
I should wait Heb. איחל, like (Gen. 8:10), “And he waited (ויחל) again,” concerning Noah.
and what Of what importance is my end that I should be able to restrain my desire to bear?
my desire Heb. נפשי. This [word denoting] a person’s temptation toward desire [is used] in many places, as (Gen. 23:8), “If it is truly your will (נפשכם).”
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.