“ 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.

“ 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;

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said,“ It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: