Proverbs 8:22-31 ▼

22 “ The LORD made me at the beginning of His creation, before His works of long ago .

23 I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.

24 I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water.

25 I was delivered before the mountains and hills were established,

26 before He made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth.

27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

28 when He placed the skies above , when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,

29 when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

30 I was a skilled craftsman beside Him. I was His delight every day , always rejoicing before Him.

31 I was rejoicing in His inhabited world , delighting in the human race .