And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
One like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips - the same significant action wherewith the Son of man accompanied His healing of the dumb (Mark 7:33). He alone can give spiritual "utterance" (Ephesians 6:19), enabling one to "open the mouth boldly:" so Isaiah 6:6-7. The same one who makes mute (Daniel 10:15), opens the mouth.
O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me - "sorrows," literally, writhings as of a woman in travail.