Job 29:21-25

21“To me 1they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.22After my words they did not 2speak again, And 3my speech dropped on them.23They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.24I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.25I chose a way for them and sat as 4chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who 5comforted the mourners.