The man declares, I am weary, O God;
I am weary, O God, and worn out.
Surely I am too stupid to be a man.
I have not the understanding of a man.
Sometimes I feel like there's a certain minimum level of intelligence required to make it in this life, and I'm just not there. There are too many deadlines to meet, people to please and problems to solve. I can't possibly do it all, and I get worn out just trying to get by.
Fortunately, Agur alludes to the solution to this delimma a little while later in verse 5:
Every word of God proves true;
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
The reason I feel like I'm not smart enough to do everything and please everyone is because I'M NOT! Instead I need to trust in God's wisdom to carry me every single day. Because only God is smart enough to know exactly what I need each day.
This is why Isiah is able to say in Isiah 41:3:
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
It's not our strength that we depend on, because that will always run out. It's Gods, which is good, because he is all-powerful.
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