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23     everyone welcomed them
    just as farmers welcome rain in spring.
24 I smiled on them when they had lost confidence;
    my cheerful face encouraged them.
25 I took charge and made the decisions;
    I led them as a king leads his troops,
    and gave them comfort in their despair.

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23 They waited for me as for showers
    and drank in my words as the spring rain.(A)
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
    the light of my face(B) was precious to them.[a](C)
25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;(D)
    I dwelt as a king(E) among his troops;
    I was like one who comforts mourners.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.