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15 “They are amazed; they answer no more;
    they cease speaking.
16 And I have waited,
    (for they did not speak, but stood still and answered no more).
17 I said, ‘I also will answer my part;
    I too will show my opinion.’
18 For I am full of words;
    the spirit within me compels me.
19 See, my belly is like wine that has no vent;
    it is ready to burst like new wineskins.
20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed;
    I will open my lips and answer.
21 Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone,
    nor let me give flattering titles to man.
22 For I do not know how to give flattering titles;
    in so doing my Maker would soon take me away.

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