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[...] and from a low measure from [...]

[...] revealed in not [...] judgment from a spirit

[...] devouring flesh, those who hate her, without

[...] [from] [a spirit] [...] in dry ground, and [stumbling] [in] no judgment

[From] [a spirit] [...] striking suddenly [all at once] [against] [without] covenant

[From] [a spirit] [...] [without] judgment, from a seeking spirit, and it...

[...] deceiving in [...] [without] commandment, from a spirit of [...] from

[...] in the afflictions of [flesh] [...]

[Blessed] [are You] [God] [of] [knowledge], from hidden things [which] [...] they did not attain them in [the crucible] [...]

[...] and from the judgment of the periods [...] [thoughts] of wickedness [many] times [...]

[...] [iniquity] and from the judgment of [...] Your servant from all his transgressions through [the abundance] of Your mercies

[...] [as] [You spoke] by the hand of Moses [Your servant], [to] [take away] iniquity and sin, and to atone for [transgression] and unfaithfulness [...]

[...] the foundations of the mountains, and fire [split open] in the depths of Sheol, and the [...] in Your judgments [...]

[...] to Your servants in faithfulness, [so] that their seed would be before You all the days [...] and [their names] You have established

[...] transgression, and to cast away all their iniquities, and to give them as an inheritance all the glory of man for length of days [...]

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[Blessed] [are You] [God] [of] [mercies], because of the spirits which You have placed within me [...] and [I find] an answer of tongue to recount Your righteous acts, and patience

[...] and the deeds of the right hand of Your strength, and to give thanks for the transgressions of former times, and to [fall down] and to plead for

[...] my deeds, and the crookedness of my heart [...] for I have wallowed in impurity, and from the council of [deceit] [I have come out], and I was not joined

[...] for to You belongs righteousness, and to Your name belongs blessing for[ever] [...] according to Your righteousness, and redeem

[...] the wicked are consumed [...] and I, I have understood that the one whom You have chosen, [You have established] his way, and with understanding

[...] [You restrain him] from sinning against You [...] and so that his heart would answer him in Your chastisements, and by [Your trials] [You have strengthened] his heart [...]

[...] Your servant from sinning against You and from stumbling in any of the words of Your will [...] strengthen [his loins] [to] [stand] against the spirits

[...] [and] [to] [walk] in all that You have loved, and to despise all that You have hated, [and] [to] [do] what is good in Your eyes [...]

[...] [their dominion] within his frame, for Your servant is a spirit of flesh [...]

[Blessed] [are You] [God] [Most High] [who] have poured out Your holy spirit upon Your servant, [and] [purified] from [...] his heart

[...] [man], and toward every covenant of man I look [...] they will find it

[...] [and among] those who attain it, and those who love it [...] forever and ever

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