The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
[...] [in] Your thought? all things came into being? [and] in? the purpose? of Your heart [was established] [...] [and] [apart from You] [not]
[is] anything done, and without Your will nothing comes to be [...] and none understands [Your wisdom]
and into [the secret] of Your mysteries no one gazes [...] and what then is man? Dust he is [...] [clay]
shaped, and to dust is his return [...] for You give us understanding of such wonders, and in the secret of [Your truth]
You make known to us [...] and I am dust and ash; what can I devise without Your desire [...] and what am I accounted?
apart from Your will [...] how can I be strong unless You have established me [...] and how would I stumble unless You had formed
me [...] and what can I speak unless You have opened my mouth [...] and how could I answer unless You had given me understanding [...]
Behold, You are prince of the gods and king of the glorious ones, and lord of every spirit, and ruler over every deed [...]
and apart from You nothing is done [...] and nothing is known without Your will [...] and there is none besides You
and there is none with You in power [...] and there is nothing to set against Your glory, and for Your might there is no price [...] and who
among all Your great wondrous deeds could retain strength to stand before Your glory [...]
And what then is he who returns to his dust, that he should retain strength? [...] Only for Your glory have You done all these things [...]
Blessed are You, my Lord, God of mercies and [great in] steadfast love, for You have made me know these things, to recount
Your wonders, and not to be silent day and night [...] to You belongs all the host in abundance [...]
for Your steadfast love, in the greatness of Your goodness, and [the abundance of] [Your mercies] [...] I take delight in [Your forgivenesses]
for I have leaned upon Your truth [and] [...] Your [...] and there is none [...] [without]
Your station, and without [Your hand] [there is] [no] [judgment], and [without] Your rebuke there is no stumbling [and] [there is none]
affliction without Your knowledge, and [nothing] [is done] [without] [Your will] [...]
And I, according to my knowledge of [Your truth], [will sing] [of] [Your steadfast love], and as I gaze upon Your glory I will recount
Your wonders [...] and as I understand [the secret] of [Your wonder] [I will wait] for the [abundance] of Your mercies, and for Your forgivenesses
I hope [...] for You have formed the [spirit] of [Your servant], [and] [according to] [Your will] You have established me [...] and You have not given
my support to unjust gain, and in [violent] wealth [not] [...] [my heart], and a fleshly inclination You have not made my refuge [...]
the wealth of mighty men over abundance of delights, [and] [they take delight] in the abundance of grain, new wine, and oil [...]
and they exalt themselves in cattle and possessions [...] [and] [they flourish] [like] a [luxuriant] tree by streams of water, putting forth leaf
and multiplying branch [...] for You have chosen [them] [from] [all] [the sons of] man, and to fatten all from the earth [...]
and to the sons of Your truth You have given understanding [...] forever [...] and according to their knowledge they are honored
each man above his fellow [...] and so for the son of man [...] [for] [a man] You have increased his inheritance
in knowledge of Your truth [...] and according to his knowledge he shall [...] [for] the soul of Your servant abhors wealth
and unjust gain, and in the height of delights not [...] for my heart rejoices in Your covenant, and Your truth
delights my soul [...] and I blossom like a lily, and my heart is opened to an eternal fountain [...]
and my support is in a refuge from on high, and [...] toil [...] and it fades like a blossom before the wind [...]
and my heart reels in anguish, and my loins in trembling [...] and my groaning goes down to the deep
and it searches together in the chambers of Sheol [...] and I am terrified when I hear Your judgments together with the mighty
of strength, and Your dispute with the host of Your holy ones in the heavens, and [...]
and judgment on all Your works, and righteousness [...]
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