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21 “People wanted to hear what I had to say.
    They waited silently for the advice I gave them.
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.

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21 “People listened to me expectantly,
    waiting in silence for my counsel.(A)
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(B)
    my words fell gently on their ears.(C)
23 They waited for me as for showers
    and drank in my words as the spring rain.(D)

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