2. Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
3. When his lamp shined upon 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 upon my tent;
5. When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
6. When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!
7. When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
8. The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;