2 “Oh that I were as in the months of old,as in the days when God watched over me;
3 when his lamp shone on my head,and by his light I walked through darkness,
4 as I was in the ripeness of my days,when the friendship of God was in my tent,
5 when the Almighty was yet with me,and my children were around me,
6 when my steps were washed with butter,and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
7 when I went out to the city gate,when I prepared my seat in the street.
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves.The aged rose up and stood.