Job 32:20 - Exposition

I will speak, that I may be refreshed ; rather, that I may obtain relief ; or, according to some, "that I may be able to breathe" (Cook, Rosenmuller). Elihu feels almost suffocated by conflicting feelings of rage ( Job 32:1-3 ), disappointment ( Job 32:11 , Job 32:12 ), and anxiety to vindicate God's honour ( Job 32:2 ). I will open my lips and answer . In the remainder of Elihu's discourse the attempt is made to "answer" Job (see ch. 33-37), with what success will be considered elsewhere.