19. My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold,And my revenue than choice silver.
20. I traverse the way of righteousness,In the midst of the paths of justice,
21. That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,That I may fill their treasuries.
22. “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,Before His works of old.
23. I have been established 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 primal dust of the world.
27. When He prepared the heavens, I was there,When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,