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Proverbs 8:22-36

22Jehovahpossessedmeinthebeginningofhiswayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870,beforehisworksofold.

23Iwasset upfrometernity,fromthebeginning,beforetheearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776was.

24WhentherewerenodepthsH8415,Iwasbrought forth, whentherewerenofountainsaboundingwithwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

25Beforethemountainsהָרִ֣יםha.RimH2022weresettled,beforethehillsגְבָע֣וֹתge.va.'otH1389wasIbrought forth;

26whileasyethehadnotmadeH6213theearthאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776,northefields,northebeginningofthedustעָפְר֥וֹתa.fe.RotH6083oftheworldתֵּבֵֽל׃te.VelH8398.

27WhenhepreparedH3559theheavensשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064Iwasthere;whenheordainedthecircleח֝֗וּגChugH2329uponthefaceH6440ofthedeepתְהֽוֹם׃te.HomH8415;

28when he establishedtheskiesabove, whenthefountainsofthedeepתְּהוֹם׃te.homH8415becamestrongH553;

29whenheimposedontheseaלַיָּ֨ם׀lai.YamH3220hisdecreeH2706thatthewatersוּ֭מַיִםU.ma.yimH4325shouldnotpassH5674hiscommandment,whenheappointedH7760thefoundationsמ֣וֹסְדֵיMos.deiH4144oftheearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776:

30thenIwasH1961byhim[his] nursling,andIwasH1961dailyhisdelightשַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִיםSha.'a.shu.'imH8191,rejoicingalwaysbeforehim;

31rejoicinginthehabitable partofhisearthאַרְצ֑וֹ'ar.TzoH776,andmydelights [were]withthesonsH1121ofmenH120.

32AndnowH6258,sonsH1121, hearken untome,andblessedaretheythatkeepH8104mywaysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870:

33hearH8085instructionandbewiseH2449,andrefuse itnot.

34BlessedisthemanH120thathearethme,watchingלִשְׁקֹ֣דlish.KodH8245dailyatmygates,waitingatthepostsofmydoorsדַּ֭לְתֹתַיDal.to.taiH1817.

35Forwhoso findethmefindethlifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416,andobtaineth favourofJehovah;

36buthethatsinnethagainstmedoethviolenceH2554tohisownH5315soulH5315:alltheythathateמְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗יme.san.'AiH8130meloveאָ֣הֲבוּ'A.ha.vuH157deathמָֽוֶת׃ פMa.vetH4194.

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