² “How I long for the months gone by,^(A)
    for the days when God watched over me,^(B)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
    and by his light I walked through darkness!^(C)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship^(D) blessed my house,^(E)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
    and my children^(F) were around me,^(G)
6 when my path was drenched with cream^(H)
    and the rock^(I) poured out for me streams of olive oil.^(J)

⁷ The angel of the Lord^(A) encamps around those who fear him,
    and he delivers^(B) them.