I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
“Hold your peace; leave me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what may!
Who is he who will plead with me? For now, if I hold my tongue, I will give up my breath.
“Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Bear with me that I may speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent; it is ready to burst like new wineskins.
Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone, nor let me give flattering titles to man.
“If one attempts a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?