Proverbs 8:22-27

22“The Lord acquired me at the beginning of his creation, before his works of long ago.

23I was formed before ancient times, from the beginning, before the earth began.

24I was born when there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water.

25Before the mountains were established, prior to the hills, I was given birth —

26before he made the land, the fields, or the first soil on earth.

27I was there when he established the heavens, when he laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,