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I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,    Before the earth existed.
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When there were no depths, I was brought forth,    When there were no springs abounding with water.
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Before the mountains were settled in place,    Before the hills, I was brought forth;
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While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,    Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
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When he established the heavens, I was there;    When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,