8. Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment; And he that created me made my tabernacle to rest, And said, Let your tabernacle be in Jacob, And your inheritance in Israel.
9. He created me from the beginning before the world; And to the end I shall not fail.
10. In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him; And so was I established in Sion.
11. In the beloved city likewise he gave me rest; And in Jerusalem was my authority.
12. And I took root in a people that was glorified, Even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance.
13. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, And as a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.
14. I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, And as rose plants in Jericho, And as a fair olive tree in the plain; And I was exalted as a plane tree.
15. As cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent of perfumes; And as choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant odour; As galbanum, and onyx, and stacte, And as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.