16 By me rulers rule, and nobles—all judges of righteousness.
17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
18 Fortune and glory are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold, even refined gold, and my yield than choice silver.
20 In the way of righteousness I walk, in the midst of paths of justice,
21 in order to endow those who love me with wealth, and I will fill their treasuries.
22 “Yahweh possessed me, the first of his ways, before his acts of old.