Proverbs 8:22-26   New International Version     “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,     before his deeds of old; I was formed long ages ago,     at the very beginning, when the world came to be. When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,     when there were no springs overflowing with water; before the mountains were settled in place,     before the hills, I was given birth, before he made the world or its fields     or any of the dust of the earth.