For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;

When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

then I was by him his nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.