"The LORDpossessedme at the beginningof His way,BeforeHis worksof old.
"Godunderstandsits way,And He knowsits place.
O LORD,howmanyare Your works!In wisdomYou have madethem all;The earthis fullof Your possessions.
The LORDby wisdomfoundedthe earth,By understandingHe establishedthe heavens.
"But as for you, BethlehemEphrathah,[Too] littleto be among the clansof Judah,From you One will goforthfor Me to be rulerin Israel.His goingsforthare from longago,From the daysof eternity."
He is beforeallthings, and in Him all thingshold together.
"To the angelof the churchin Laodiceawrite:The Amen,the faithfuland true Witness,the Beginningof the creationof God,saysthis:
