3 “I am the word spoken by the Most High.I covered the earth like a mist.
4 I made my home in highest heaven,my throne on a pillar of cloud.
5 Alone I walked round the circle of the skyand walked through the ocean beneath the earth.
6 I ruled over all the earth and the ocean waves,over every nation, over every people.
7 I looked everywhere for a place to settle,some part of the world to make my home.
8 Then my Creator, who created the universe,told me where I was to live.‘Make your home in Israel,’ he said.‘The descendants of Jacob will be your people.’
9 He created me in eternity, before time began,and I will exist for all eternity to come.