1. Job began speaking again.
2. If only my life could once againbe as it was when God watched over me.
3. God was always with me thenand gave me light as I walked through the darkness.
4. Those were the days when I was prosperous,and the friendship of God protected my home.
5. Almighty God was with me then,and I was surrounded by all my children.
6. My cows and goats gave plenty of milk,and my olive trees grew in the rockiest soil.
7. Whenever the city elders metand I took my place among them,
8. young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me,and old men stood up to show me respect.
9. The leaders of the people would stop talking;
10. even the most important men kept silent.