32:18 For I am full of words,
and the spirit within me 1 constrains me. 2
1 tn Heb “the spirit of my belly.”
2 tn The verb צוּק (tsuq) means “to constrain; to urge; to press.” It is used in Judg 14:17; 16:16 with the sense of wearing someone down with repeated entreaties. Elihu cannot withhold himself any longer.