“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, 
before his deeds of old; 
I was formed long ages ago, 
at the very beginning, when the world came to be. 

When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, 
when there were no springs overflowing with water;
before the mountains were settled in place, 
before the hills, I was given birth, 
before he made the world or its fields 
or any of the dust of the earth.

I was there when he set the heavens in place, 
when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, 
when he established the clouds above 
and fixed…