he loved: patience in bearing what had been decreed.

Regarding his words:

“I wish Moses had been patient,”

the grammarians explain the underlying construction as: “I wish that Moses had been patient.” Likewise, regarding His words:

“They wish you would compromise, so that they too would compromise,”

the underlying construction is: “They wish that you would compromise.” Some, however, say that “if” is a conditional particle here, with its consequent omitted. The meaning is clear on either analysis: loving and desiring that action. Loving and desiring good is praiseworthy, whereas grief, distress, and abandoning patience are blameworthy. And Allah knows best.