The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
Like fire, when His wrath passed through the idols of Egypt [...]
And after they go up from the slain to enter the camp, all of them shall sing the praise of the Return [...] and in the morning they shall launder their garments and wash
from the blood of the guilty corpses [...] and they shall return to the place where they stood, where they arranged the battle line before the slain of the enemy fell [...] and there they shall bless
all of them the God of Israel, and exalt His name together in joy [...] and they shall answer and say, Blessed is the God of Israel, who keeps covenant loyalty for His covenant, and the testimonies of
salvation for the people of His redemption [...] and He calls the stumbling to [wondrous acts of] might, and has gathered the assembly of nations for complete destruction, without remnant, and to raise up in judgment
a melting heart, and to open the mouth of the mute to sing of the [might of God, and] feeble hands to teach for war [...] and gives to those whose knees give way a firm stance
and strength of loins to the shoulder of those who strike [...] and by a humbled spirit [dominion] [...] hardness of heart [...] and by those perfect in the way all the nations of wickedness shall come to an end [...]
and for all their mighty men there is no standing [...] and we, [the remnant of] [Your people] [...] [Blessed be] Your name, God of mercies, who keeps covenant for our fathers [...] and with
all our generations You have set apart Your mercies for [the remnant of] [Your people] amid the dominion of Belial [...] and in all the mysteries of his hostility they have not [driven us away]
from Your covenant [...] and the spirits of [his destruction] You have rebuked [from us, and] when [the men] of his dominion acted wickedly, You kept the soul of Your redeemed [...] and You have raised up
those who fall, by Your strength, and the tall of stature [You will cut down], [to] [humble them] [...] [and] for all their mighty men there is no deliverer, and for their swift ones there is no escape [...] and for their honored ones
You will turn to contempt [...] and all their vain existence [shall become] [as nothing] [...] and we, the people of Your holiness, in the works of Your truth shall praise Your name
and in Your mighty deeds we shall exalt [Your splendor at] [all] times and the appointed seasons of the eternal testimonies, with the [coming in] of day and night
and the goings forth of evening and morning [...] for great is [the plan] [of Your glory], and the mysteries of Your wonders in [Your heights], to [raise] up for Yourself from the dust
and to bring low from among the gods [...]
Rise up, rise up, O God of gods, and lift Yourself up in the [might of the King] [of] [kings] [...] [You have set] [over] [...] [from] [before You] [they shall be scattered]
[all] the [sons of] darkness [...] and the light of Your greatness shall [...] [gods] [and] [men] [...] [a fire] [burning] in [the darkness of] [the places of destruction]
in the [places of destruction of] [Sheol] it shall burn for [everlasting] [burning] [...] [transgressors] [...] in [all] the [eternal] [appointed times] [...]
[all] the [thanksgivings] of [the war] [they shall recount] [there, and] [afterward] [they shall return] to [their camps] [...] [there, according to] the [Rule] [...]
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