Elihu's Internal Compulsion to Speak

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¶ They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

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When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

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I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

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For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

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Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

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I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

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Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

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For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.