Job 32:6-22

6So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are very old; Therefore I was afraid, And dared not declare my opinion to you.

7I said, ‘Age should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

8But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.

9Great men are not always wise, Nor do the aged always understand justice.

10“Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me, I also will declare my opinion.’

11Indeed I waited for your words, I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.

12I paid close attention to you; And surely not one of you convinced Job, Or answered his words—

13Lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom’; God will vanquish him, not man.

14Now he has not directed his words against me; So I will not answer him with your words.

15“They are dismayed and answer no more; Words escape them.

16And I have waited, because they did not speak, Because they stood still and answered no more.

17I also will answer my part, I too will declare my opinion.

18For I am full of words; The spirit within me compels me.

19Indeed my belly is like wine that has no vent; It is ready to burst like new wineskins.

20I will speak, that I may find relief; I must open my lips and answer.

21Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone; Nor let me flatter any man.

22For I do not know how to flatter, Else my Maker would soon take me away.