He was on...
Restrain yourself. Be strong enough to suppress the urge or desire to respond...
("I have poured out my soul for sorrow, my heart is troubled" - Jeremiah 8:18, and so on: "And to the one who has left in his mouth what songs to pour out his sorrow, if they are not songs of peace and joy, let him leave them" - Shu't Nisma'at Chayim Sim'an 7:7, and so on: "His knowledge was more comfortable than his own, which went up in his hand to pour out his sorrow" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 114)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִבְלִיג עַל...
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְאַפֵּק. הִתְגַּבֵּר עַל כָּבַשׁ אֶת יֵצֶר אוֹ הָרָצוֹן לְהָשִׁיב עַל...
("מַבְלִיגִיתִי עֲלֵי יָגוֹן עָלַי לִבִּי דַוָּי"- יִרְמְיָהוּ ח יח, וְכֵן:"וּלְשׁוֹרֵר בַּפֶּה אֵיזֶה שִׁירִים כְּדֵי לְהַבְלִיג עַל הַיָּגוֹן, אִם אֵינָם שִׁירֵי עֲגָבִים חַס וְשָׁלוֹם יֵשׁ לְהַתִּיר"-שׁוּ"ת נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים סִימָן ז, ז, וְכֵן:"הָיְתָה דַּעְתּוֹ נוֹחָה מֵעַצְמוֹ שֶׁעָלָה בְּיָדוֹ לְהַבְלִיג עַל כַּעֲסוֹ"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 114)