Jehovah possessed me from the beginning of His way, before His works of old.
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Jehovah has founded the earth by wisdom; by understanding He has founded the heavens.
O Jehovah, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your riches.
And to the angel of the church of the Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of God, says these things:
God understands the way of it, and He knows its place.
And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you being least among the thousands of Judah, out of you He shall come forth to Me, to become Ruler in Israel, He whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.