Sunday in Proverbs

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Chuck

Proverbs, Chapter 8

(Wisdom continues to speak)

 ²² “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
       before his deeds of old;

 ²³ I was appointed from eternity,
       from the beginning, before the world began.

 ²⁴ When there were no oceans, I was given birth,
       when there were no springs abounding with water;

 ²⁵ before the mountains were settled in place,
       before the hills, I was given birth,

 ²⁶ before he made the earth or its fields
       or any of the dust of the world.

 ²⁷ I was there when he set the heavens in place,
       when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

 ²⁸ when he established the clouds above
       and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

 ²⁹ when he gave the sea its boundary
       so the waters would not overstep his command,
       and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

 ³⁰ Then I was the craftsman at his side.
       I was filled with delight day after day,
       rejoicing always in his presence,

 ³¹ rejoicing in his whole world
       and delighting in mankind.