This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,
because I am upset!

Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?

Can anyone indict me?
If so, I will be silent and die.

I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding makes me reply.

So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;
let God deal with him, not man.”

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.

I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.

In my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”

A patient person shows great understanding,
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

Do you see a man who speaks too soon?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.

If I say, “I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.

Immediately she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter—right now!”

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

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My thoughts

I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding makes me reply.
Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
Can anyone indict me?
If so, I will be silent and die.
So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;
let God deal with him, not man.”
I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.
If I say, “I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.
I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

And for

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.
In my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”
A patient person shows great understanding,
but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.
Do you see a man who speaks too soon?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.
Immediately she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter—right now!”
My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

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