Job 29:23-25

Common English Bible

²³         they waited for me as for rain,
        opened their mouth as for spring rain.
²⁴ I smiled^[a] on them; they couldn’t believe it.
    They never showed me disfavor.
²⁵ I decided their path, sat as chief.
    I lived like a king with his troops,
        like one who comforts mourners.