when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!(A)
Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship(B) blessed my house,(C)
when the Almighty was still with me
    and my children(D) were around me,(E)

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when his (A)lamp shone upon my head,
    and by his light I walked through darkness,
as I was in my prime,[a]
    when the (B)friendship of God was upon my tent,
when the Almighty was yet with me,
    when my (C)children were all around me,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:4 Hebrew my autumn days

When (A)His lamp shone over my head,
And (B)by His light I walked through darkness;
Just as I was in the days of my youth,
When the (C)protection of God was over my tent;
When [a]the Almighty was still with me,
And my children were around me;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:5 Heb Shaddai