Job 29:1-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

² Oh how I wish I could be as I used to be
    in the months gone by,
    in the days when God used to watch over me,
³ when his lamp was shining over my head,
and I walked through darkness toward^[b] his light,
⁴ when I was in my prime,
and the friendly guidance of God was over my tent,
⁵ when the Almighty was still with me,
and my children still surrounded me,
⁶ when my footsteps were washed in cream,
and a rock poured out streams of oil for me,