Proverbs 8:22-24 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
‘The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.’ Wisdom is not acquired by God but by men, angels, and other created beings. Wisdom existed before: God’s creations of old (8:22). The creation of the earth (8:23). The depths and fountains of waters (8:24). The mountains and hills (8:25). The earth, fields, and dust of the world (8:26). The heavens and the clouds (8:28). The laws governing creation (8:29).
‘From everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.’ From the beginning of the ages.
‘I was brought forth.’ I was produced or manifested in the plan of God as well as in the creation of all things. By me (wisdom) God made all things (Ps. 104:24; 136:5).
When one stops to consider the infinite details of creation and the plan of eternal sustenance of all things – from the smallest creation to the largest – he is forced to exclaim the truth of Romans 11:33 which states: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!
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