32:18 For I am full of words,
and the spirit within me 1 constrains me. 2
32:20 I will speak, 3 so that I may find relief;
I will open my lips, so that I may answer.
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.
3 tn The cohortative expresses Elihu’s resolve to speak.