Proverbs 8:24-35

²⁴even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:

²⁵before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.

²⁶The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracts, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.

²⁷When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:

²⁸and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:

²⁹and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:

³⁰I was by him, suiting myself to him, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.

³¹For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

³²Now then, my son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;

³⁴watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.

³⁵For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and in them is prepared favour from the Lord.