² “How I long for the months gone by,^(A)
    for the days when God watched over me,^(B)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!^(C)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship^(D) blessed my house,^(E)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
    and my children^(F) were around me,^(G)