1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

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 upon my head,

and by his light I walked through darkness,

1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

2 Oh that I were as in months past,

As in the days when God preserved me;

3 When his candle shined upon my head,

And when by his light I walked through darkness;

1 Job continued speaking:

2 “I long for the years gone by

when God took care of me,

3 when he lit up the way before me

and I walked safely through the darkness.

1 Job further continued his discourse, and said:

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;

1 Job continued to speak:

2 “How I wish for the months that have passed

and the days when God watched over me.

3 God’s lamp shined on my head,

and I walked through darkness by his light.

1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,

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;

1 And Job continued his parable and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when †God preserved me; 3 When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

1 Job continued his poems and said, 

2 “If only my life could be like it used to be, 

in the days when God watched over me, 

3 when he made his lamp shine on my head, 

when I walked through the dark in his light. 

1 Job continued his discourse, saying:

2 If only I could be as in months gone by,

in the days when God watched over me,

3 when His lamp shone above my head,

and I walked through darkness by His light!

1 Job again took up his discourse and said:

2 “O that I were as in the months of old,

as in the days when God watched over me;

3 when his lamp shone over my head,

and by his light I walked through darkness;

1 Then Job again took up his discourse and said,

2 “O that I were as in the months before,

as in the days when God watched over me,

3 when his shining lamp was over my head—

by his light I walked through darkness—

1 Job continued to speak. He said,

2 “How I long for the good old days!

That’s when God watched over me.

3 The light of his lamp shone on me.

I walked through darkness by his light.

1 And Job again took up his discourse and said,

2 “Oh that I were as in months gone by,

As in the days when God watched over me;

3 When His lamp shone over my head,

And by His light I walked through darkness;