Proverbs 8:22-31

Names of God Bible

Wisdom as Creator

²²“Yahweh already possessed me long ago,
    when his way began,
        before any of his works.
²³I was appointed from everlasting
    from the first,
        before the earth began.
²⁴I was born
    before there were oceans,
        before there were springs filled with water.
²⁵I was born
    before the mountains were settled in their places
        and before the hills,
²⁶when he had not yet made land or fields
    or the first dust of the world.

²⁷“When he set up the heavens, I was there.
    When he traced the horizon on the surface of the ocean,
²⁸when he established the skies above,
    when he determined the currents in the ocean,
²⁹when he set a limit for the sea
    so the waters would not overstep his command,
        when he traced the foundations of the earth,
³⁰I was beside him as a master craftsman.^[a]
    I made him happy day after day,
        I rejoiced in front of him all the time,
³¹found joy in his inhabited world,
    and delighted in the human race.