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

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

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

^{26 Ref} When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

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