20 My glory is fresh within me,and my bow is renewed in my hand!”
21 For me they listened and waited;they were silent for my counsel.
22 Once I spoke, they said no more,but received my pronouncement drop by drop.
23 They waited for me as for the rain;they drank in my words like the spring rains.
24 When I smiled on them they could not believe it;they would not let the light of my face be dimmed.
25 I decided their course and sat at their head,I lived like a king among the troops,like one who comforts mourners.