²³ God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

²² The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

²³ From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

²⁴ When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.

²⁵ Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

²⁶ When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

²⁷ When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

²⁸ When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

²⁹ When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

³⁰ Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

³¹ Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

²⁵ To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.

³⁰ But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

³³ O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

¹⁸ Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

²¹ In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

²² All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

²⁷ All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

¹⁴ Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

⁵ Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

⁷ The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.