23. I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
24. When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
26. while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27. When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
28. when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;
29. when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30. then I was by him his nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;