Proverbs 8:22-30 (Theotokos)
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“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. |
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I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth. |
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When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. |
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Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth; |
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While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. |
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When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, |
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When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep, |
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When He assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth, |
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Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, |