If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Ver. 33. If not, hearken unto me] Elihu is much in calling for attention; so are all the prophets, and Christ the arch prophet, as Matthew 13:9, where, although it might seem superfluous to stir up such to hear, as had come from all parts for that purpose, and now hung upon his holy lips, as the babe doth on the breast, Luke 19:48, yet he, well knowing our heedlessness and fickleness, doth it once and again, leaving all ministers an example to do likewise.
Hold thy peace] viz. While I am speaking interrupt me not, but have patience. Some men, as they have fel in aure, gall in their ears (as some creatures are said to have), so they have fire in their tongues, which they presently spit at all that offend them in the least.
And I shall teach thee wisdom] A good inducement to thee to hear. I will not trouble thee with trifles, nor detain thee with endless and needless discourses; but set before thee God's wise precedings, and bring thee to such a sight of thine own folly as shall render thee restless till set right for heaven.