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I was beside him

This is still wisdom speaking. Wisdom now says she was right next to Yahweh, implying that she was his assistant in creating the world. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

skilled craftsman

This is a person who has trained for years to make useful things very well, like furniture or houses.

delight

"source of joy" or "reason to be glad"

day after day

This is a way to express the idea of a habitual action or of a continuous condition. AT: "continually" or "the whole time" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

his whole world

"the whole world he created" or "everything he created"

the sons of mankind

This refers to human beings in general. AT: "the people he brought into existence" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)