23 I was appointed from everlastingfrom the first,before the earth began.
24 I was bornbefore there were oceans,before there were springs filled with water.
25 I was bornbefore the mountains were settled in their placesand before the hills,
26 when he had not yet made land or fieldsor the first dust of the world.
27 “When he set up the heavens, I was there.When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
28 when he established the skies above,when he determined the currents in the ocean,
29 when he set a limit for the seaso the waters would not overstep his command,when he traced the foundations of the earth,