Proverbs 8:22-32

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.

²⁷I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place in the distance where the sky and the oceans seem to come together.

²⁸I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above the earth and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.

²⁹I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.

³⁰I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.

³¹I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.

³²So, you people who are like my sons, listen to me. I am pleased with all those who obey my teachings.