The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
[...] them, and all [...]
[...] [men] [of wonder] you bring in number
[...] [and] [there is none] [like] [the mysteries of] [his wonder] in heaven and on earth
[...] and in your hand is the judgment of all of them
[...] your [...] [...] [and] [there is none] before you, and what is accounted [...] and all
[A man] who sanctifies himself shall not turn to guilt, to make his heart upright [...] [how] shall he understand, and not do anything
[apart] [from you] forever [...] and the fountain of light you have opened [...] and to your counsel you call me
to praise your holiness from the mouth of all your works, for [you have done] [...] [to] [be united] with the host
[the mighty ones of] eternity [...] and a spirit of stiff neck to silence [...] [you have deigned] to [do]
[among them] [judgment], and to give ear to a glorious voice, to [the works of] [...]
[...] [and] [a perverse spirit] [rules] in the creature of dust [...] and [...]
[...] [...] [...] your [...] from [dust] [...] [the righteous one] and glory [...]
by the spirit [of your holiness] [which] [you have put] in me [...] and [man] cannot [seek]
the spirit [of your holiness] [...] the fullness of heaven and earth [...] [your glory] fills all [the world] [...]
And I know that by [your will] in man you have multiplied his inheritance, by [your righteous acts] [...] your truth in all [...]
and a guard of righteousness over your word, which you have entrusted to him, lest he stray [from] [your commandments], [and] not stumble in any [of his deeds] [...] [for]
by my knowledge of all these things I find an answer of tongue, to fall down and to [plead] [continually] over my transgressions, and to seek a spirit [of understanding]
and to strengthen myself by your holy spirit, and to cleave to the truth of your covenant, and to serve you in truth and with a perfect heart, and to love the word of [your mouth] [...]
Blessed are you, O Lord, great in counsel and abundant in deed, whose works are all [...] Behold, you have been pleased to do with me [abundant]
kindness, and you have shown me favor by the spirit of your mercies and for the sake of your glory [...] to you belongs righteousness, for you have done all these things [...]
And by my knowledge that you have inscribed the spirit of the righteous, and I have chosen to cleanse my hands according to [your will] [...] and may the soul of your servant abhor all
deeds of iniquity [...] And I know that no man is righteous apart from you [...] and I entreat your face by the spirit which you have put in me, to complete
your kindnesses toward your servant for[ever], to purify me by your holy spirit, and to bring me near according to your will, according to the greatness of your kindnesses [which] you have done
with me, and to [establish] [my steps] [in] every station of [your will] which [you have chosen] for those who love you and for those who keep [your commandments], [to] [stand]
before you forever, and [to] [atone for] [iniquity] and to [be anointed with fatness] with favor, and to mingle with the spirit of your servant, and to give insight [into your works] to [...]
[...] God [...] and let there not [come] before him any plague of stumbling from the statutes of your covenant [...] for [...]
your face [...] and [I know] [that] [you are] [a God] gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and truth, forgiving transgression and [iniquity] [...]
and having compassion for [all] [the iniquity of] [those who love you] and those who keep [your commandments], [who] return to you in faith and with a perfect heart [...]
to serve you [in] [...] [to] [do] [the] good in your eyes [...] Do not turn away the face of your servant [and] [do] not reject the son of your truth [...]
[...] [...] [...] and I, upon your words, have drawn near to [...]
[...] to [...]