More about creation: before he made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth. I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. This extended passage describes creation in reverse order, moving from the earths dust to the cosmos. Wisdom was there during all of it. She was present at the ordaining of boundaries set the heavens in place, marked out the horizon, established the clouds, fixed securely the fountains, gave the sea its boundary, marked out the foundations. Wisdom is present at the creation of order the imposition of form on chaos, boundaries on the boundless. This suggests that Wisdom is the principle of order itself.

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