"Man shall sit in silence and be brought low." Rabbi Abbahu said: Repentance preceded the creation of the world, as it is said, "Before the mountains were born, before You brought forth the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, You are God" (Psalm 90:2). Rabbi Reish Lakish said: The Torah existed 2000 years before the creation of the world, as it is said, "I was with Him as a master craftsman, and I was His delight day by day" (Proverbs 8:30). And the day of the Holy One, blessed be He, is a thousand years, as it is said, "For a thousand years in Your sight are like a day that has just gone by" (Psalm 90:4).