2 “Oh, that I were as in months past,as in the days when God watched over me;
3 when His lamp shone upon my head,and when by His light I walked through darkness;
4 as I was in the days of my autumn youth,when the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
5 when the Almighty was still with me,when my children were around me;
6 when my steps were bathed in butter,and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
7 “When I went out to the gate of the city,when I took my seat in the square,
8 the young men saw me and hid themselves,and the aged arose and stood up.