Proverbs 8:27-30

Good News Translation

^27 (A)I was there when he set the sky in place,
    when he stretched the horizon across the ocean,
²⁸ when he placed the clouds in the sky,
    when he opened the springs of the ocean
²⁹ and ordered the waters of the sea
    to rise no further than he said.
I was there when he laid the earth's foundations.
³⁰ I was beside him like an architect,^[a]
    I was his daily source of joy,
    always happy in his presence—