as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tent he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Elyon will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Messiah in God.