The LORDby wisdomfoundedthe earth,By understandingHe establishedthe heavens.
"Wherewere you when I laidthe foundationof the earth?Tell[Me], ifyou haveunderstanding,
O LORD,howmanyare Your works!In wisdomYou have madethem all;The earthis fullof Your possessions.
To Him who madethe heavenswith skill,For His lovingkindnessis everlasting;
"The LORDpossessedme at the beginningof His way,BeforeHis worksof old.
[It is] He who madethe earthby His power,Who establishedthe worldby His wisdom;And by His understandingHe has stretchedout the heavens.
[It is] He who madethe earthby His power,Who establishedthe worldby His wisdom,And by His understandingHe stretchedout the heavens.
All thingscameinto beingthroughHim, and apartfrom Him nothingcame into being that has come into being.
