Proverbs 8:29-31

Good News Translation

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—
³¹ happy with the world
    and pleased with the human race.