13. And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.
14. From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
15. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.
16. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of mg God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
17. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
18. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:
19. As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.
20. I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: