Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
