Job 32:6-22

6Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite responded and said: “I am young in days and you are old; that is why I was timid and dared not to tell what I know.

7I thought, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’

8But there is a spirit in people, the breath of Shaddai that gives them understanding.

9It is not only the aged who are wise or old men who understand justice.

10“Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me! I, even I, will explain what I know.’

11Look, I waited for your words, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words

12I gave you my full attention. But behold, no one proved Job wrong; none among you, answered his statements.

13Lest you should say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not man!’

14Job has not directed his words to me and I will not respond to him with your arguments.

15“They are dismayed and no longer reply; words have failed them.

16Must I wait, since they no longer speak since they stand there with no reply?

17I too will answer my part; I too will declare what I know.

18For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;

19inside I am like wine that has no opening, like new wineskins ready to burst.

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

21I will show partiality to no one, nor will I flatter anyone;

22for I do not know how to flatter else my Maker would quickly carry me away!