Proverbs

²¹I give riches to those who love me, and I fill their houses with treasures. ²²“The Lord made me in the beginning, long before he did anything else. ²³I was formed a long time ago, before the world was made. ²⁴I was born before there was an ocean, before the springs began to flow. ²⁵I was born before the mountains and hills were set into place, ²⁶before the earth and fields were made, before the dust of this world was formed. ²⁷I was there when he set up the skies, when he drew a circle in the ocean to make a place for the land.