Oh that I were as [a]in times past, when God preserved me!

When his [b]light shined upon mine head: and when by his light I walked through the [c]darkness,

As I was in the days of my youth: when [d]God’s providence was upon my tabernacle:

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:2 Hebrew, month before.
  2. Job 29:3 When I felt his favor.
  3. Job 29:3 I was free from affliction.
  4. Job 29:4 That is, seemed by evident tokens to be more present with me.

“How I long for the months gone by,(A)
    for the days when God watched over me,(B)
when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!(C)
Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship(D) blessed my house,(E)

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