Proverbs 8:22 cpdv — The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.

For my fruit is better than gold and precious stones, and my progeny better than choice silver.

I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.

I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.

The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.

The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.