Proverbs 8:27-36

²⁷I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place in the distance where the sky and the oceans seem to come together.

²⁸I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above the earth and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure.

²⁹I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth.

³⁰I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him.

³¹I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too.

³²So, you people who are like my sons, listen to me. I am pleased with all those who obey my teachings.

³³Listen carefully to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching!

³⁴I am pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting for me to come out.

³⁵Those who find me will have a long life, and Yahweh will be pleased with them.

³⁶But those who stray away from me just harm themselves. All those who hate me, it is as though IRO they are loving death.”