The Authority of Job's Counsel

Job 29:21-25

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain.

I laugh unto them--they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.