Job 29:22-24

New International Reader's Version

²² After I had spoken, they didn’t speak anymore.
    My words fell gently on their ears.
²³ They waited for me just as they would wait for rain showers.
    They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.
²⁴ When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it.
    The light of my face lifted their spirits.