Proverbs 8:25-34

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.