Proverbs 8:24-26

The Voice

²⁴     I was born before the deep existed,
        before any springs poured out their water,
²⁵     Before the mountains were placed on their foundations,
        before the hills rolled across the land—
        yes, before all this, I was brought forth.
²⁶     When the earth was yet unformed and the fields were not yet nestled beneath the wind—
        even before the first dust of the earth—