22 “The Lord made me in the beginning, long before he did anything else.
23 I was formed a long time ago, before the world was made.
24 I was born before there was an ocean, before the springs began to flow.
25 I was born before the mountains and hills were set into place,
26 before the earth and fields were made, before the dust of this world was formed.
27 I was there when he set up the skies, when he drew a circle in the ocean to make a place for the land.
28 I was there when he put the clouds in the sky and made the deep springs flow.