²² “The Lord ^[a]created me ^(A)at the beginning of His way,
Before His works ^[b]of old.
²³ From eternity I was ^[c](B)established,
From the beginning, ^(C)from the earliest times of the earth.

³⁰ Then ^(A)I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was His delight daily,
^[a]Rejoicing always before Him,
^31 [b]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having ^(B)my delight in the sons of mankind.