LITV(i)
23 I was set up from everlasting, from that which was before the earth.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no springs heavy with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 before He had made the earth and the fields, or the highest part of the dust of the world.
27 When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when He set the clouds above, when He made the strong fountains of the deep,
29 when He gave to the sea its limit, that the waters should not beyond His command; when He decreed the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was at His side, like a master workman; and I was His delights day by day, rejoicing before Him at every time;
31 rejoicing in the world, His earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
32 And now listen to me, O sons, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
34 Blessed is the man listening to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoever finds me finds life, and he shall obtain favor from Jehovah.
36 But he who sins against me does violence to his own soul; all who hate me love death.