8 Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment; And he that created me made my tabernacle to rest, And said, Let your tabernacle be in Jacob, And your inheritance in Israel.
9 He created me from the beginning before the world; And to the end I shall not fail.
10 In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him; And so was I established in Sion.
11 In the beloved city likewise he gave me rest; And in Jerusalem was my authority.
12 And I took root in a people that was glorified, Even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance.
13 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, And as a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.
14 I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, And as rose plants in Jericho, And as a fair olive tree in the plain; And I was exalted as a plane tree.