4. Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
5. when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6. when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
7. “When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
8. the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;
9. the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;
10. the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.