"Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak." This is compared to a person who was caught by robbers, and each one of them was beating him, some with sticks and some with fists. When they released him, he went home, lay down and said to himself, "I am just bones." So too, Israel, the nations of the world subjugate them in every kingdom and every type of slavery. And when the rebuilding of the Holy Temple will come speedily in our days, Israel will say before the Almighty, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak."...