20. I walk in the way of righteousness, on the paths of justice,
21. to give an inheritance to those who love meand to fill their treasuries.
22. “The Lord already possessed me long ago,when his way began,before any of his works.
23. I was appointed from everlastingfrom the first,before the earth began.
24. I was bornbefore there were oceans,before there were springs filled with water.
25. I was bornbefore the mountains were settled in their placesand before the hills,
26. when he had not yet made land or fieldsor the first dust of the world.
27. “When he set up the heavens, I was there.When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
28. when he established the skies above,when he determined the currents in the ocean,