9. And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
10. And in every nation I have had the chief rule:
11. And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
12. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,
13. And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.
14. From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
15. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.
16. And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of mg God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
17. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
18. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:
19. As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.
20. I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh:
21. And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.