Thomson(i)
23 Before this age he founded me; in the beginning; before he made the earth
24 and before he made the deeps: before the fountains of water issued forth;
25 before the mountains were established; and before all the hills, he bringeth me forth.
26 The Lord made fields and uninhabited wilds; and the habitable heights of the earth.
27 When he furnished the heaven, I was with him; and when he set apart his own throne on the winds:
28 and when he strengthened the clouds above:
29 and when he secured the fountains of the earth below; And when he made the foundations of the earth strong:
30 I was harmonizing with him. I was the one in whom he delighted;
31 and I was daily gladdened by his presence on all occasions; when he finished the World and was pleased therewith; and when he was pleased with the sons of men.
32 Now therefore, my son hearken to me:
33 [Omitted]
34 happy is the man who will hearken to me: and the man who will keep my ways; watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord.
36 But they who sin against me act wickedly against their own souls; and they who hate me love death."