before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已生出。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小丘未曾形成，我已经出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有以先，我已经出生。

在群山被安置以先、冈陵被安置之前，我已经诞生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已生出。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有之先，我已出生。

大山未曾奠定，小丘未曾形成，我已經出生。

大山未曾奠定，小山未有以先，我已經出生。

大山未曾奠下，小山未有之先，我已誕生；

在群山被安置以先、岡陵被安置之前，我已經誕生。

山嶽未奠、岡陵未有、

山嶽尚未奠定、岡陵尚未有之先、我已先生、

Before the mountains were settled in place, I was born. Before there were any hills, I was born.

Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth,

Before the mountains were formed, before the hills, I was born—

Before the mountains were established, prior to the hills, I was given birth—

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was born;

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

I was delivered before the mountains and hills were established,

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

before the mountains were set in place– before the hills– I was born,

Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.But you remain the same, and your years will never end.The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”

“ Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

He also says,“ In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

“ Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?“ Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,when I said,‘ This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?