8 “Then the Creator of all gave me his command,and my Creator chose the spot for my tent.He said, ‘In Jacob make your dwelling,in Israel your inheritance.’
9 Before all ages, from the beginning, he created me,and through all ages I shall not cease to be.
10 In the holy tent I ministered before him,and so I was established in Zion.
11 In the city he loves as he loves me, he gave me rest;in Jerusalem, my domain.
12 I struck root among the glorious people,in the portion of the Lord, his heritage.
13 “Like a cedar in Lebanon I grew tall,like a cypress on Mount Hermon;
14 I grew tall like a palm tree in Engedi,like rosebushes in Jericho;Like a fair olive tree in the field,like a plane tree beside water I grew tall.