Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 8:27-29
Proverbs 8:27-29. When he prepared the heavens I was there Not as an idle spectator, but as a co-worker with my Father. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth Of that great abyss of water and earth, mixed together, which is called both earth, and water, and the deep, (Genesis 1:2,) when he made this lower world in the form of a globe. When he established the clouds above Hebrew, strengthened them, by his word and decree, which alone upholds the clouds in the air,... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 8:22-26
Proverbs 8:22-26 . The Lord possessed me As his eternal Wisdom and Word, which was in the beginning with him, John 1:1, and in him, John 14:10, and was afterward made flesh, and dwelt among men, as the only begotten of the Father, full of truth and grace, John 1:14. Before his works of old His works of creation, as it follows. He is before all things, says the apostle, and by him all things consist, Colossians 1:17. I had glory with the Father, says this eternal wisdom, before... read more