18:029:002 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
18:029:003 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
18:029:004 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
18:029:005 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
18:029:006 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
18:029:007 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
18:029:008 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
18:029:009 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
18:029:010 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
18:029:011 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: