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 Just as I was in the days of my prime,When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me,When my children were around me;
6 When my steps were bathed with cream,And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,When I took my seat in the open square,
8 The young men saw me and hid,And the aged arose and stood;