6. In the waves of the sea and in every land,and among every people and nation,I led the way.
7. I sought a resting placeamong all of these.In whose allotted territoryshould I make my home?
8. “Then the creator of all thingsgave me a command;the one who created me pitched my tentand said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob,and let Israel receive your inheritance.’
9. Before the ages, from the beginning,he created me,and till eternity I will never fail.
10. I ministered before him in the holy tent,and so I was established in Zion.
11. In the same way, he madethe dearly loved city my resting placeand established my authorityin Jerusalem.
12. I took root in a glorified people;among the people the Lord chosefor his inheritance.
13. ‘I rose high like a cedar in Lebanon,like a cypress on Mount Hermon.
14. I rose high like a palm in En-geddi,and like rosebushes in Jericho,like a fair olive tree in a field.I rose high like a plane tree.
15. Like cinnamon and camel’s thornused for spices,I gave off a fine aroma.Like choice myrrh,I spread forth my fragrance,like galbanum, onycha, and stacte,and like the smell of frankincensein the tent.
16. Like a terebinth oakI spread out my branches,and my branches were gloriousand graceful.
17. Gracious favor was the leafthat I put forth like a vine,and honor and wealthwere the fruit that my blossoms bore.