24
“When there were no (A)depths I was (a)brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
25
(B)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was (b)brought forth;
26
While He had not yet made the earth and the (c)fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
27
“When He (C)established the heavens, I was there,
When (D)He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
28
When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became (d)fixed,
29
When (E)He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His (e)command,
When He marked out (F)the foundations of the earth;

Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 8:24: ['Or ', born]
b. Proverbs 8:25: ['Or ', born]
c. Proverbs 8:26: ['Lit ', outside places]
d. Proverbs 8:28: ['Lit ', strong]
e. Proverbs 8:29: ['Lit ', mouth]