Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

“惟愿我的景况如从前的月份，如神保守我的日子。

“惟愿我如从前的岁月，如上帝保护我的日子。

“惟愿我如从前的岁月，如神保护我的日子。

“但愿我回到从前的岁月，回到上帝看顾我的日子。

“但愿我的景况像以前的岁月，像神保守我的日子。

惟願我的景況如從前的月份，如神保守我的日子。

「惟願我如從前的歲月，如上帝保護我的日子。

「惟願我如從前的歲月，如神保護我的日子。

「但願我回到從前的歲月，回到上帝看顧我的日子。

“但願我的景況像以前的歲月，像神保守我的日子。

『惟願我像往昔的歲月，像上帝保守我的日子。

惟願如曩昔之月、如上帝顧我之日、

願如疇昔、我蒙上帝護持、

願我仍如曩時之月、如天主護我之日、

“ How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

“ How I long for the times when things were better! That’s when God watched over me.

“ Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,

“ I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,

If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me,

“ Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;

“ Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me;

If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me,

Oh that I were as[ in] months past, as[ in] the days[ when] God preserved me;

“ O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

“ Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she- asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt- offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.

So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: