Job 1:1-5 describes the blessed past—piety, wealth, family—that Job longs for in Job 29:2's 'months gone by'.

Job 1:10 describes the hedge of protection God placed around Job, directly illustrating the 'watched over' past he mourns.

Job 7:3 contrasts the past good months from Job 29:2 with 'months of vanity' and misery in his present suffering.

In Job 13:24, Job laments God hiding His face — a stark contrast to the past preservation he recalls here.

Job 9:34 expresses a wish for God to remove His rod and terror, paralleling Job 29:2's nostalgia for when God's presence was gentle.

Lamentations 1:7 recalls past pleasant things in affliction — directly paralleling Job's remembrance of better days.

Psalm 42:4 remembers past joyful worship — mirroring Job's longing for former days of God's care.