Proverbs 8:22-31

²² Jehovah possessed me—the beginning of His way, Before His works since then. ²³ From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth. ²⁴ In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy 'with' waters, ²⁵ Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth. ²⁶ While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world. ²⁷ In His preparing the heavens I 'am' there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep, ²⁸ In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep, ²⁹ In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth, ³⁰ Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight—day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times, ³¹ Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights 'are' with the sons of men.