Job 29:21-23

The Voice

²¹     People used to listen to me,
        the sense of expectation visible on their faces;
        they waited in silence for my advice.
²²     And when I finished, they did not hurry to speak again.
        They waited while my words dropped like dew upon them.
²³     Indeed, they waited for me as one waits for a good rain,
        and they opened their mouths as if to catch spring showers on their tongues.