יְֽהוָ֗ה קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם מִפְעָלָ֣יו מֵאָֽז׃
L’Éternel me créa au début de son action, antérieurement à ses œuvres, dès l’origine des choses.
Kiddushin
Our rabbis taught On the verse "you must rise before the elderly" You might think even before the sinful elderly, to teach us the verse continues and says "zaken" and zaken only means a wise person as is written, gather for me seventy men from the Israelite elders. Rabbi Yosi Haglili says, Zaken only means one who has squired wisdom as it states, God has acquired me the beginning of his ways.