^15 (A)“It is he who made the earth by his power,
    who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(A)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.

^22 (A)“The Lord ^(B)possessed^[a] me at the beginning of his work,^[b]
    the first of his acts ^(C)of old.
²³ Ages ago I was ^(D)set up,
    at the first, ^(E)before the beginning of the earth.
²⁴ When there were no ^(F)depths I was ^(G)brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
²⁵ Before the mountains ^(H)had been shaped,
    ^(I)before the hills, I was brought forth,
²⁶ before he had made the earth with its fields,
    or the first of the dust of the world.
²⁷ When he ^(J)established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew ^(K)a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸ when he ^(L)made firm the skies above,
    when he established^[c] the fountains of the deep,
²⁹ when he ^(M)assigned to the sea its ^(N)limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out ^(O)the foundations of the earth,

⁶ By ^(A)the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    and by ^(B)the breath of his mouth all ^(C)their host.

^12 (A)It is he who ^(B)made the earth by his power,
    ^(C)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and ^(D)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

^19 (A)The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
    by understanding ^(B)he established the heavens;
²⁰ by his knowledge ^(C)the deeps broke open,
    and ^(D)the clouds drop down the dew.