21 “Men listened to me and waited,and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After my words they did not speak again,and my speech settled on them like dew.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
24 If I mocked at them, they did not believeit,and the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
25 I chose the way for them and sat as chief,and lived as a king in the army,as one who comforts mourners.