29 (A)When He assigned to the sea its limit,
So that the waters would not transgress His command,
When (B)He marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 (C)Then I was beside Him as [a]a master craftsman;
(D)And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him,
31 Rejoicing in His inhabited world,
And (E)my delight was with the sons of men.

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  1. Proverbs 8:30 A Jewish tradition one brought up

29 when he gave the sea its boundary(A)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,(B)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(C)
30     Then I was constantly[a] at his side.(D)
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world
    and delighting in mankind.(E)

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  1. Proverbs 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child