22 “Yahweh possessed me aat the beginning of His way,
Before His deeds of old.
23 From everlasting I was ainstalled,
From the beginning, bfrom the earliest times of the earth.
24 When there were no adepths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs heavy with water.
25 aBefore the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was brought forth;
26 While He had not yet made the earth and the fields outside,
Nor the first dust of the world.
27 When He aestablished the heavens, I was there,
When bHe marked out a circle on the face of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became strong,
29 When aHe set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not pass over His command,
When He marked out bthe foundations of the earth;
30 Then aI was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was a daily delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
aMy delight is in the sons of men.