『惟願我像往昔的歲月，像上帝保守我的日子。

“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。

“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;

烏斯地有一個人名叫約伯；那人又純全又正直、又敬畏上帝，遠離壞事。他生了七個兒子、三個女兒。他的牲畜有羊七千隻、駱駝三千隻，牛五百對、母驢五百匹；他還有很多僕婢；這人在東方人之中至為昌大。他的兒子們往往在自己的日子到各人的家，擺設筵席；又打發人去請他們的三個姐妹來、和他們一同喫喝。宴飲的日子輪完了，約伯總打發人去叫他們來，使他們潔淨自己為聖；他往往在早晨時候清早起來，按着他們幾人的數目獻上燔祭；因為約伯說：『萬一我兒子犯了罪，心裏謗讟上帝呢。』每逢這個日子、約伯總是這樣行的。

豈不是因你四面給圈上籬笆圍護着他和他的家、跟他一切所有的麼？他手所作的你都賜福；他的牲畜在地上也突破限量地增多。

因為永恆主喜愛公平，他不撇棄他堅貞之民；不義的人必永遠被消滅；惡人的後裔必被剪除。

我先前怎樣儆醒察看他們、而拔除、而拆毁、而傾覆、而毁滅、而降災，我將來也必怎樣儆醒察看他們、而建立、而栽植：這是永恆主發神諭說的。

照樣子、我也有虛空之歲月遺傳於我，有苦難之夜分派給我。

耶穌基督的僕人、雅各的弟兄猶大、寫信給蒙召的、在父上帝裏蒙愛的、在耶穌基督裏得保守的人。