16. By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.
17. I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
18. Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
19. Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.
20. In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,
21. To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.
22. Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
23. From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
24. In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,
25. Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
26. While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
27. In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,