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28     when he thickened the clouds above,
    when he secured the fountains of the deep,
29     when he set a limit for the sea,
        so the water couldn’t go beyond his command,
    when he marked out the earth’s foundations.
30 I was beside him as a master of crafts.[a]
    I was having fun,
    smiling before him all the time,

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  1. Proverbs 8:30 Heb uncertain

28 when he established the clouds above(A)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(B)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(C)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,(D)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(E)
30     Then I was constantly[a] at his side.(F)
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,

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  1. Proverbs 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child