'Speech' in the Bible

“How painful are words of honesty.But what does your argument prove?

“He deprives the trusted ones of speechAnd takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

“Listen diligently to my speech,And let my declaration fill your ears.

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

“Listen carefully to my speech,And let this be the consolation.

“And if this is not so, who can prove me a liarAnd make my speech worthless?”

“After I spoke, they did not speak again,And my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower].