22Yahweh created me, wisdom, when he began to create the world; he created me to do my work before he created anything else.
23He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth.
24I was born before the oceans were created, when there were no springs from which water flowed.
25I was born before the hills and mountains were formed;
26I, wisdom, was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth.