Job 29:23-25

New Living Translation

²³ They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
    They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
²⁴ When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
    My look of approval was precious to them.
²⁵ Like a chief, I told them what to do.
    I lived like a king among his troops
    and comforted those who mourned.