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Proverbs 8:22-31

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The Commendation of Wisdom

²²Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

²³I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

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 was I brought forth;

²⁶While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

²⁷When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

²⁸When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

²⁹When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

³⁰Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him,

³¹Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

Proverbs 8:22-31 (ASV)