21. Those who love me inherit wealth.I will fill their treasuries.
22. “The lord formed me from the beginning,before he created anything else.
23. I was appointed in ages past,at the very first, before the earth began.
24. I was born before the oceans were created,before the springs bubbled forth their waters.
25. Before the mountains were formed,before the hills, I was born—
26. before he had made the earth and fieldsand the first handfuls of soil.
27. I was there when he established the heavens,when he drew the horizon on the oceans.
28. I was there when he set the clouds above,when he established springs deep in the earth.
29. I was there when he set the limits of the seas,so they would not spread beyond their boundaries.And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,
30. I was the architect at his side.I was his constant delight,rejoicing always in his presence.
31. And how happy I was with the world he created;how I rejoiced with the human family!