The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
in dread of turmoil [...] toil from my eyes and grief [...] from my body and between [...]
in the murmuring of my heart [...]
I thank you, my God, for you have done wonders with dust, and with a creature of clay you have shown great strength; thanks, thanks [...] and I, what am I, that
[you have made me understand] your truth's secret and given me insight into your wondrous deeds [...] and put in my mouth thanksgivings, and on my tongue
[praise], and the melody of my lips in the place of joyful shouting [...] and I will sing praises in your acts of kindness, and on your might I will meditate all
the day [...] continually I will bless your name, and I will recount your glory among the sons of man, and in the abundance of your goodness
my soul shall delight [...] and I, I know that your mouth is truth, and in your hand is righteousness [...] and in your thought
all knowledge, and in your strength all might, and all glory is with you [...] in your anger are all the judgments of affliction
and in your goodness is abundance of forgiveness [...] and your mercies are for all the sons of your favor [...] for you have made them know your truth's secret
and in your wondrous mysteries you have given them insight [...] and for the sake of your glory you have purified man from transgression, that he may be made holy
to you from all abominations of impurity and guilt of unfaithfulness, to be united with the sons of [...] your truth, and in the lot with
your holy ones [...] to raise the maggot of the dead from the dust to the council of [your truth], and from a perverted spirit to your understanding [...]
and to stand in position before you with the everlasting host and [the spirits] [of eternity], and to be renewed with all [that is]
and comes to be, and with those who know, in the Community of joyful shouting [...]
[and] [I], I thank you, my God, I exalt you, my Rock [...] and in wondrous acts [...]
for you have made me know the secret of truth, and in [the mysteries] of [wonder] [you have made me understand] [and] [given me insight] [into] [your marvels]
[and] [your hidden things] you have revealed to me, and I look upon [...] kindness [...] and I know
[that] to you belongs righteousness, and in your acts of kindness [they will be judged] [...] and destruction is without your mercies [...]
and I, a fountain has been opened for me to bitter mourning [...] and toil is not hidden from my eyes
in my knowing the inclination of man and the response of mortal [I will contemplate] [and] [I will recognize] mourning, sin, and grief
of guilt [...] and they come into my heart and reach into my bones, to [...] and to murmur the murmurings of
grief and sighing, on the lyre of lamentation for all mourning [of grief] and bitter wailing, until iniquity is consumed and [there is no] [pain], and no affliction to make sick [...] and then
I will sing praises on the lyre of salvation, and the harp [of joy], [and] [the tambourine] [of gladness], and the flute of praise without
ceasing [...] and who among all your works can recount [all] [your marvels] [...] with the mouth of? all of them shall be praised
your name for everlasting ages [...] they shall bless you according to [their understanding], [and] [in] [all] [times] they shall proclaim together
with a voice of joyful shouting [...] and there is no grief or sighing, and iniquity shall not [be found] [again] [...] and your truth shall shine forth
for everlasting glory and eternal peace [...] Blessed are you, [O Lord], [who] have given to your servant
an understanding mind to comprehend your marvels, and [an answering] [tongue] [to] recount the abundance of your kindnesses [...]
Blessed are you, God of mercies and grace, according to the [greatness] of [your power] and the abundance of your truth, and [the multitude of]
your acts of kindness in all your works [...] Make glad the soul of your servant in your truth, and purify me
in your righteousness [...] as I have hoped for your goodness, and for your acts of kindness I wait [...] and for [your forgivenesses]
you have opened my breaches, and in my grief you have comforted me, for I have relied on your mercies [...] Blessed [are you],
O Lord, for you have wrought these things, and have set in the mouth of your servant thanksgivings, [praise],
and supplication, and an answering tongue [...] and you have prepared for me [a work] [...]
and [I shall have] [strength] to [in] [...] to [...]
and you [...]
[your truth] [...]
and I [...]
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