Proverbs 8:24-32

²⁴When as yet there were no deeps, I was brought forth. When there were no springs, abounding with water.

²⁵Before the mountains were settled, Yea, before the hills, I was brought forth;

²⁶Ere yet he had made the land and the wastes, And the first of the clods of the earth.

²⁷When he framed the heavens, I was there; When he drew a circle upon the face of the deep;

²⁸When he made firm the sky above, And the fountains of the deep rushed forth;

²⁹When he gave to the sea its bounds, that the waters should not pass their border; When he marked out the foundations of the earth,—

³⁰Then was I by him as a master-builder; I was his delight day by day, Exulting before him at all times;

³¹Exulting in the habitable part of his earth, And my delight was with the sons of men.

³²“Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to me! For happy are they who keep my ways!