Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Therefore - the more excited I feel by Job's speech, the more, for that very reason, shall my reply be supplied by my calm consideration. Literally, 'Notwithstanding, my calm thoughts ( sª`ipay (H5587), as in Job 4:13) shall furnish my answer, because of the excitement (haste) within me' (Umbreit). But the English version is good sense: "Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer (literally, answer for me: supply me with an answer), and for this I make haste" (literally, my haste is in me) - namely, (because) "I have heard the check," etc. (Job 20:3).