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- "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, , before his deeds of old;
- I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began.
- When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water;
- before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,
- before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world.
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- I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
- when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
- when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,
- rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.
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