As I was in [a]the prime of my days,
When the [b](A)friendship of God was over my tent;
When [c]the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were around me;
When my steps were bathed in (B)butter,
And the (C)rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:4 Lit the days of my autumn
  2. Job 29:4 Lit counsel
  3. Job 29:5 Heb Shaddai

Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship(A) blessed my house,(B)
when the Almighty was still with me
    and my children(C) were around me,(D)
when my path was drenched with cream(E)
    and the rock(F) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(G)

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