Job 32:11 says, Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.  Elihu continues to speak of his patience in listening to the debate between Job and his friends.  He not only heard what they were saying, but he listened attentively to what they said.  Too often, when people are in a dispute about an issue they never really consider what the other person has to say.  If our purpose is to prove another person wrong, then we will tend to dismiss what they are saying without really considering it.  Elihu said that he had considered what was said.  Verse twelve says, Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:  Elihu said that even though Job's friends had a lot to say that nothing they had said had answered Job's questions.  Just because we may be able to argue with someone about matters of faith does not mean that we can offer a better understanding unless we are relying on the Holy Spirit to guide us in understanding.  As followers of Christ, the Holy Spirit will always direct our understanding of God if we only listen.  Verse thirteen says, Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.  I believe that Elihu was saying that by their words and now their silence that they still believed that God was punishing, or had cast down, Job.  Job's condition had not changed in spite of His claim of innocence, so his friends seemed to assume that they were right.  Since they felt that Job was not going to listen to them, there was no need to continue arguing with Him.  We cannot assume that if a person is suffering and that if they pray, or call out to God, and nothing seems to happen that they must not be in a right relationship with God.  Once more, our material status does not indicate our spiritual status. Verse fourteen says, Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.  Elihu said that Job had not been speaking to him specifically, and that even though he was going to answer Job, it wasn't going to be with their words, or by their reasoning.  Verse fifteen states, They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.  Elihu left everyone speechless.  It may have been because he was bold enough to rebuff them, but I believe that they recognized the truth of what he was saying.  When we hear someone who is really speaking the truth of God, we need to just be quiet and listen.   In verse sixteen Elihu says, When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) Elihu did not enter the argument, but waited until Job and his friends were silent.  Verse seventeen states, I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.  Elihu said that once they were silent, he felt free to offer his opinion .  We may need to wait for the right moment to speak, even when speaking the truth.  People are more likely to listen when they have said what they wanted to say, especially if they feel they are right.  Verse eighteen says, For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.  I believe in this verse and the next four, Elihu was saying that he felt compelled by the Spirit of God to speak.  He felt full of insight into the question at hand. Verse nineteen says, Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.  Then, verse twenty, I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.  Like Elihu, if we feel that the Holy Spirit is leading us to speak, we should be refreshed by speaking.  Verse twenty-one declares, Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.  Then in verse twenty-two Elihu concludes, For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. I believe that Elihu was saying that he was not going to be silenced by anyone's status, but was going to follow the leadership of God.  If we begin to believe that someone's status should be more important than what God tells us is the truth, then God may indeed take us away as for as our witness goes.