2 Oh, that I were as in the months past,as in the days when God watched over me:
3 While he kept his lamp shining above my head,and by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in my flourishing days,when God sheltered my tent;
5 When the Almighty was still with me,and my children were round about me;
6 When my footsteps were bathed in cream,and the rock flowed with streams of oil.
7 Whenever I went out to the gate of the cityand took my seat in the square,
8 The young men saw me and withdrew,and the elders rose up and stood;