by Yahweh is fully focused on public mission and is not at all interested in the suffering or fear of the prophet. A Response to Complaint Elijah’s description of his sorry state may constitute something of a complaint to Yahweh. It is not cast as a prayer, but it is surely a bid for compassion, if not for rescue. While not precisely the same, the response of Yahweh comes elsewhere as a characteristic response to complaint. It is conventional that the response to complaint on the part of a faithful,