⁴ “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
    Tell me, if you know so much.

⁵ You placed the world on its foundation
    so it would never be moved.

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth
    and made the heavens with your hands.

⁴ Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
    Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
    Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name—and his son’s name?
    Tell me if you know!

²⁵ Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
    and made the heavens with your hands.

²⁹ I was there when he set the limits of the seas,
    so they would not spread beyond their boundaries.
And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,
³⁰     I was the architect at his side.
I was his constant delight,
    rejoicing always in his presence.

²² “The Lord formed me from the beginning,
    before he created anything else.