² “Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God ^(A)kept me,
³ When ^(B)His lamp shone over my head,
And ^(C)by His light I walked through darkness,
⁴ As I was in ^[a]the prime of my days,
When the ^(D)intimate counsel with God was over my tent,
⁵ When ^[b]the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were around me,
⁶ When my steps were bathed in ^(E)butter,
And the ^(F)rock poured out for me streams of oil!

⁷ The ^(A)angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.