Proverbs 8:25-34

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

²⁶While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

²⁷When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

²⁸When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

²⁹When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

³⁰Then I was by him, as a master workman; And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him,

³¹Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

³²Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

³³Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

³⁴Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.