“但願我的景況像以前的歲月，像神保守我的日子。

“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。

『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;

烏斯地有一個人，名叫約伯。這人完全、正直，敬畏神，遠離罪惡。他生了七男三女。他的家產有七千隻羊、三千匹駱駝、五百對牛、五百頭母驢，並且有許多僕婢。這人在全東方的人中至為尊貴。他的兒子素常輪流各按自己的日子在家擺設筵席，並且打發人去邀請他們的三個姊妹來一同吃喝。輪流設宴的日子一過，約伯就差人去叫他們自潔。他清早起來，按他們的數目獻上燔祭。因為他心裡想：“說不定孩子犯了罪，心中褻瀆了神。”約伯經常這樣作。

你不是在他四周圍上籬笆保護他嗎？他的家和他所有的一切，以及他手所作的，你都賜福，他的家產也在地上增添。

因為耶和華喜愛公正，也不撇棄他的聖民；他們必永遠蒙庇佑，惡人的後裔卻必被剪除。

我先前怎樣留意把他們拔出、拆毀、傾覆、毀滅和降災；將來我也必照樣留意把他們建立和栽種起來。”這是耶和華的宣告。

照樣，我有空虛的歲月，也有勞苦的黑夜為我派定。

耶穌基督的僕人，雅各的兄弟猶大，寫信給那些被召的人，就是在父神裡蒙愛，並且為了耶穌基督而蒙保守的人。