22. “The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His way,before His works of old.
23. I was set up from everlasting,from the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
24. When there were no depths, I was brought forth,when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25. Before the mountains were settled,before the hills I was brought forth;
26. while as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,or the first dust of the world.
27. When He prepared the heavens, I was there,when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28. when He established the clouds above,when He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29. when He gave to the sea His decree,that the waters should not pass His commandment,when He appointed the foundations of the earth,
30. then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him;and I was daily His delight,rejoicing always before Him,
31. rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth,and my delights were with the sons of men.
32. “Now therefore listen to me, O you children,for blessed are those who keep my ways.