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Job 32:20

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Thomas Aquinas

So he also compares himself to new wine because of his youth, and therefore, from his great desire to speak he thinks there is danger which threatens unless he can express himself, and so he says, "I will speak and I will breathe a little," as if to say: In speaking words I will evaporate the interior ferment so that I can calm the anxiety of my desire. He now shows what he wants to say continuing, "I will open my lips and I will answer," the words of Job.

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