*Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
*Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'
Yes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Iyov, or who answered his words, among you.
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Iyov, because they were elder than he.
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.*
He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.