1. He said to me: "In the beginning of the earthly world—before the world’s exits were made,before the gathered winds blew,
2. before the voicesof the thunders sounded,before the flashes of lightning shone,before paradise’s foundationswere made firm,
3. before beautiful flowers were seen,before the powers of movementwere established,before the innumerable heavenly armies of angels were assembled,
4. before the heights of the airwere lifted up,before the measuresof the firmament were named,before Zion’s footstool was established,
5. before the present yearswere reckoned,before the imaginations of thosewho now sin were alienated,before those who stored up faithas a treasure were sealed—