8. “Then the Creator of all gave me his command,and my Creator chose the spot for my tent.He said, ‘In Jacob make your dwelling,in Israel your inheritance.’
9. Before all ages, from the beginning, he created me,and through all ages I shall not cease to be.
10. In the holy tent I ministered before him,and so I was established in Zion.
11. In the city he loves as he loves me, he gave me rest;in Jerusalem, my domain.
12. I struck root among the glorious people,in the portion of the Lord, his heritage.
13. “Like a cedar in Lebanon I grew tall,like a cypress on Mount Hermon;