Job 29:23-25

GOD’S WORD Translation

²³ They were as eager to hear me as they were for rain.
They opened their mouths wide as if waiting for a spring shower.
²⁴ When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it,
but the expression on my face did not change.
²⁵ I decided how they should live.
I sat as their leader.
I lived like a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.