As I was in the days of my youth; literally, in the days of my autumn—by which Job probably means the days of his "ripeness" or "full manhood"—which he had reached when his calamities fell upon him. When the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; or, the counsel of God; when, i.
e; in my tent I held sweet counsel with God, and communed with him as friend with friend (comp. Psalms 25:14, "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant;" and Proverbs 3:32, "For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous").