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15 “They are amazed. They answer no more.
    They don’t have a word to say.
16 Shall I wait, because they don’t speak,
    because they stand still, and answer no more?
17 I also will answer my part,
    and I also will show my opinion.
18 For I am full of words.
    The spirit within me constrains me.
19 Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent;
    like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed.
    I will open my lips and answer.
21 Please don’t let me respect any man’s person,
    neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
22 For I don’t know how to give flattering titles,
    or else my Maker would soon take me away.

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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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