“但愿我的景况像以前的岁月，像神保守我的日子。

“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。

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;

Oh that I were as in the months of old, 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;

乌斯地有一个人，名叫约伯。这人完全、正直，敬畏神，远离罪恶。他生了七男三女。他的家产有七千只羊、三千匹骆驼、五百对牛、五百头母驴，并且有许多仆婢。这人在全东方的人中至为尊贵。他的儿子素常轮流各按自己的日子在家摆设筵席，并且打发人去邀请他们的三个姊妹来一同吃喝。轮流设宴的日子一过，约伯就差人去叫他们自洁。他清早起来，按他们的数目献上燔祭。因为他心里想：“说不定孩子犯了罪，心中亵渎了神。”约伯经常这样作。

你不是在他四周围上篱笆保护他吗？他的家和他所有的一切，以及他手所作的，你都赐福，他的家产也在地上增添。

因为耶和华喜爱公正，也不撇弃他的圣民；他们必永远蒙庇佑，恶人的后裔却必被剪除。

我先前怎样留意把他们拔出、拆毁、倾覆、毁灭和降灾；将来我也必照样留意把他们建立和栽种起来。”这是耶和华的宣告。

照样，我有空虚的岁月，也有劳苦的黑夜为我派定。

耶稣基督的仆人，雅各的兄弟犹大，写信给那些被召的人，就是在父神里蒙爱，并且为了耶稣基督而蒙保守的人。