²² “Yahweh possessed me ^(A)at the beginning of His way,
Before His deeds ^[a]of old.
²³ From everlasting I was ^[b](B)installed,
From the beginning, ^(C)from the earliest times of the earth.
²⁴ When there were no ^(D)depths I was ^[c]brought forth,
When there were no springs heavy with water.
^25 (E)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was ^[d]brought forth;
²⁶ While He had not yet made the earth and the fields outside,
Nor the first dust of the world.
²⁷ When He ^(F)established the heavens, I was there,
When ^(G)He marked out a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸ When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became strong,
²⁹ When ^(H)He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not pass over His ^[e]command,
When He marked out ^(I)the foundations of the earth;
³⁰ Then ^(J)I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was a daily delight,
^[f]Rejoicing always before Him,
^31 [g]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
^(K)My delight is in the sons of men.

³² “So now, O sons, ^(L)listen to me,
For ^(M)blessed are they who keep my ways.
^33 (N)Hear discipline and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
^34 (O)How blessed is the man who hears me,
To watch daily at my doors,
To keep watch at my doorposts.
³⁵ For ^(P)he who finds me finds life
And ^(Q)obtains favor from Yahweh.
³⁶ But he who ^[h]sins against me ^(R)does violence to his own soul;
All those who ^(S)hate me ^(T)love death.”