Wisdom at Creation

22 “Yahweh createdh me, the first of his ways,

before his acts ⌊of old⌋.i

23 From eternity, I was set up from the first,

from the beginningj of the earth.

24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth,

when there were no springs of ⌊abounding⌋k water.

25 Before mountains had been shaped,

before hills, I was brought forth.

26 When he had not yet made earth and fields,

or the first dust of the world,

27 ⌊when he established⌋l the heavens, there I was,

⌊when he drew⌋m a circle upon the face of the deep,

28 ⌊when he made⌋n skies from above,

when he founded fountains of the deep,

29 ⌊when he assigned⌋o his limits to the sea,

that waters shall not transgress his ⌊command⌋,p

⌊when he marked⌋q the foundations of the earth,

30 I was ⌊beside⌋r him, a master workman,

and I was delighting day by day,

rejoicing before him ⌊always⌋,s

31 rejoicing in the world of his earth,

and my delight was with the children of humankind.