Proverbs

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. ²⁸I was there when he put the clouds in the sky and made the deep springs flow.