Ayub 23:4

23:4 I would lay out my case ¹  before him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

Ayub 32:20

32:20 I will speak, ²  so that I may find relief;

I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

[23:4]  ¹ tn The word מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) is normally “judgment; decision.” But in these contexts it refers to the legal case that Job will bring before God. With the verb עָרַךְ (’arakh, “to set in order; to lay out”) the whole image of drawing up a lawsuit is complete.

[32:20]  ² tn The cohortative expresses Elihu’s resolve to speak.