22
"The
LORD possessed me at the
beginning of His
way,
Before His
works of
old.
wy'l'[.pim ~,d,q w{K.r;D tyivaer yin'n'q h'wh.y ? z'aem
23
"From
everlasting I was
established, From the
beginning, from the
earliest times of the
earth.
#,r'a -yem.d;Qim va{rem yiT.k;Sin ~'lw{[em
24
"When
there were
no depths I was
brought forth, When
there were
no springs abounding with
water.
tw{n'y.[;m !yea.B yiT.l'lw{x tw{m{h.T -nyea.B ? ~Iy'm -yeD;B.kin
25
"Before the
mountains were
settled,
Before the
hills I was
brought forth;
yiT.l'lw{x tw{['b.g yen.pil .W['B.j'h ~yir'h ~,r,j.B
26
While He had not yet
made the
earth and the
fields,
Nor the
first dust of the
world.
tw{r.p'[ va{r.w tw{c.Wx.w #,r,a h'f'[ a{l -d;[ ? lebeT
27
"When He
established the
heavens, I was
there, When He
inscribed a
circle on the
face of the
deep,
yen.P -l;[ g.Wx w{q.Wx.B yin'a ~'v ~Iy;m'v w{nyik]h;B ? ~w{h.t
28
When He
made firm the
skies above *, When the
springs of the
deep became fixed,
]mw{h.T tw{nyi[ zw{z][;B l;['Mim ~yiq'x.v w{c.M;a.B
29
When He
set for the
sea its
boundary So that the
water would not
transgress His
command, When He
marked out the
foundations of the
earth;
wyip -.Wr.b;[;y a{l ~Iy;m.W w{QUx ~'Y;l w{m.Wf.B ? #,r'a yed.sw{m w{q.Wx.B
30
Then I was
beside Him, as a
master workman; And I was
daily His
delight,
Rejoicing always * before Him,
~w{y ~yi[Uv][;v h,y.h,a'w !w{m'a w{l.c,a h,y.h,a'w ? te[ -l'k.B wy'n'p.l t,q,x;f.m ~w{y
31
Rejoicing in the
world, His
earth, And having my
delight in the
sons of
men.
yen.B -t,a y;[Uv][;v.w w{c.r;a lebet.B t,q,x;f.m ? ~'d'a