23. I was formed before ancient times,from the beginning, before the earth began.
24. I was bornwhen there were no watery depths and no springs filled with water.
25. I was deliveredbefore the mountains and hills were established,
26. before He made the land, the fields,or the first soil on earth.
27. I was there when He established the heavens, when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,