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If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

Job 29

When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

As I was in my flowering years, when my tent was covered by the hand of God;

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;

There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.

Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

Job 28

Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.