“惟愿我如从前的岁月，如上帝保护我的日子。

“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;

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、敬畏上帝、远离恶事。他生了七个儿子，三个女儿。他的家产有七千只羊，三千匹骆驼，五百对牛，五百匹母驴，并有许多仆婢。这人在东方人中为至大。他的儿子按着日子各在自己家里摆设宴席，派人去请他们的三个姊妹来，与他们一同吃喝。宴席的日子过了，约伯派人去叫他们自洁。他清早起来，按着他们众人的数目献燔祭，因为他说：“恐怕我的儿子犯了罪，心中背弃上帝。”约伯常常这样行。

你岂不是四面圈上篱笆围护他和他的家，以及他一切所有的吗？他手所做的都蒙你赐福，他的家产也在地上增多。

因为耶和华喜爱公平，不撇弃他的圣民，他们永蒙保佑；但恶人的后裔必被剪除。

我先前怎样看守他们，为要拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆、苦害，也必照样看守他们，为要建立、栽植。这是耶和华说的。

我也照样度过虚空的岁月，愁烦的夜晚指定给我。

耶稣基督的仆人、雅各的兄弟犹大，写信给那些被召、在父上帝里蒙爱、为耶稣基督保守的人。