<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will explain to you;p> <p class="poetry">listen to me,p> <p class="poetry">and what<n id="1" /> I have seen, I will declare,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore I say, &#8216;Listen<n id="1" /> to me.p> <p class="poetry">I, even I, will explain what I know.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">I too will answer my part,p> <p class="poetry">I too will explain what I know.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Be patient<n id="1" /> with me a little longerp> <p class="poetry">and I will instruct you,p> <p class="poetry">for I still have words to speak on God&#8217;s behalf.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I am young,<n id="2" /> but you are elderly;p> <p class="poetry">that is why I was fearful,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and afraid to explain<n id="4" /> to you what I know.p>