Proverbs 8:26-35

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!

³³Hear instruction, and be wise! Yea, reject it not!

³⁴Happy the man who hearkeneth to me, Who watcheth day by day at my gates, Who waiteth at the posts of my doors;

³⁵For he that findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favor from the LORD;