Mr. Gary quotes, Proverbs 8:27:⁠—

“When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth,⁠ ⁠… then I was by him.”

“When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth,⁠ ⁠… then I was by him.”

And Milton, Paradise Lost , VII 224:⁠—

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