“Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.
He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You.
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, Nor speak anymore in His name.” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not.
Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”
I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
Who is he who will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
“If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: