Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;
The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.
For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord, But His secret counsel is with the upright.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.