Job 29:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.

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When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;

There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”

Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

And they told him, “Joseph is still alive! He is even ruler over all the land of Egypt.” He was stunned; he could not believe them.

They waited for me as for the rain; they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

I chose what they should do and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.