22TheLORDיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068possessedH7069meH7069in thebeginningרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225of hiswayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870,beforeמֵאָֽז׃me.'AzH227his works of old.
23I was set up fromeverlastingH5769, from thebeginningמֵרֹ֗אשׁme.RoshH7218, oreverH5769theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776was.
24When there werenoבְּאֵין־be.'ein-H369depthsתְּהֹמ֥וֹתte.ho.MotH8415, I was brought forth; when there werenoבְּאֵ֥יןbe.'EinH369fountainsמַ֝עְיָנ֗וֹתma'.ya.NotH4599aboundingנִכְבַּדֵּי־nikh.ba.dei-H3513withwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.
25BeforeH6440themountainsהָרִ֣יםha.RimH2022weresettledהָטְבָּ֑עוּha.te.Ba.'uH2883,beforeH6440thehillsגְבָע֣וֹתge.va.'otH1389was I brought forth:
26Whileעַד־'ad-H5704as yet he hadnotH3808madeעָ֭שָׂה'A.sahH6213theearthאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776,norH3808thefieldsוְחוּצ֑וֹתve.chu.TzotH2351,norH3808thebeginningוְ֝רֹ֗אשׁve.RoshH7218of thedustעָפְר֥וֹתa.fe.RotH6083of theworldתֵּבֵֽל׃te.VelH8398.
27When heestablishedבַּהֲכִינ֣וֹba.ha.khi.NoH3559theheavensשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064, I was there: when hesetH3559acircleח֝֗וּגChugH2329uponעַל־'al-H5921thefaceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of thedeepתְהֽוֹם׃te.HomH8415:
28When hemadeH553firmבְּאַמְּצ֣וֹbe.'a.me.TzoH553the sidesaboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605: when thefountainsעִינ֥וֹתi.NotH5869of thedeepתְּהוֹם׃te.homH8415becameבַּ֝עֲז֗וֹזba.'a.ZozH5810strongH553:
29When hegaveH7760to theseaלַיָּ֨ם׀lai.YamH3220itsH7760bound, that thewatersוּ֭מַיִםU.ma.yimH4325shouldnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808transgressיַֽעַבְרוּ־ya.'av.ru-H5674hiscommandmentפִ֑יוFivH6310: when hemarkedבְּ֝חוּק֗וֹbe.chu.KoH2710outH2710thefoundationsמ֣וֹסְדֵיMos.deiH4144of theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776:
30Then I was by him, as amasterH525workmanH525: and I wasdailyי֤וֹם׀YomH3117hisdelightשַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִיםSha.'a.shu.'imH8191,rejoicingמְשַׂחֶ֖קֶתme.sa.Che.ketH7832alwaysי֑וֹםYomH3117beforeלְפָנָ֣יוle.fa.NavH6440him;
31Rejoicingמְ֭שַׂחֶקֶתMe.sa.che.ketH7832in his habitableearthאַרְצ֑וֹ'ar.TzoH776; and mydelightוְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗יve.sha.'a.shu.'AiH8191was with thesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofmenאָדָֽם׃ פ'a.DamH120.
32Nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, mysonsבָ֭נִיםVa.nimH1121, hearken untomeH8104: forblessedוְ֝אַשְׁרֵ֗יve.'ash.ReiH835are they thatkeepH8104mywaysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870.
33Hearשִׁמְע֖וּshim.'UH8085instructionמוּסָ֥רmu.SarH4148, and bewiseוַחֲכָ֗מוּva.cha.Kha.muH2449, and refuse itnotוְאַל־ve.'al-H408.
35For whoso findethmeH4672findethlifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416, and shallobtainוַיָּ֥פֶקvai.Ya.fekH6329favour of theLORDמֵיְהוָֽה׃me.Yah.wehH3068.
36But he that sinnethagainstוְֽ֭חֹטְאִיVe.cho.te.'iH2398meH5315wrongeth hisownH5315soulH5315:allכָּל־kol-H3605they thathateמְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗יme.san.'AiH8130meH5315loveאָ֣הֲבוּ'A.ha.vuH157deathמָֽוֶת׃ פMa.vetH4194.
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