Proverbs 8:22-31

²² The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. ²³ From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was. ²⁴ When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water. ²⁵ Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth: ²⁶ When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world. ²⁷ When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep: ²⁸ When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed: ²⁹ When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth: ³⁰ Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times; ³¹ Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.