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.