22“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
23I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
24When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
25Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;
26While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world.
27When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
30Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,
31Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And my delight was with the sons of men.
