The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
[...] [transgression] born of [woman]
[...] your ... and your righteousness
[...] [and] [how] [shall I discern]? [not] I have seen this
[and] [I shall understand] [these things] [since] [not] [You have given me insight] [and] [how] shall I look, unless You have opened my eyes, and I hear
[without] [not] [...] set my heart [...] for to an uncircumcised ear a word is opened, and a heart
[of] [stone] [shall understand] [wonders] [...] and I shall know that You have done these things, my God [...] and what is flesh
[for] [...] [...] has worked wonders [...] and in Your design, to make mighty and to establish all for Your glory [...]
[...] in the host of knowledge, to recount to flesh mighty deeds and the statutes of truth to one born
[of woman] [...] [and] [...] You have brought into the covenant of Your people, and You have opened the heart of dust to take heed
[from] [...] [for him] [...] from the snares of judgment according to Your mercies [...] and I, a creature
[of clay] [and] [kneaded] [with water], [a structure] [of dust], and a heart of stone [...] to whom was I accounted until this [...] for
[...] [You have established] in the ear of dust, and the things of eternity You have engraved in the heart
[of] [stone] [...] [and] [...] You have caused to return, to bring into the covenant of Your people and to stand
[...] [in] [the judgments] [of the witnesses] in the everlasting foundation, for the light of lights forever [...] and darkness has fled
[...] [and] [a mound] without end, and endless periods of peace without [limit] [...]
[...] and I, a creature of dust [...]
[...] [and] [to bless] Your name I will open [my mouth] [...] [...]
[...] a creature [...] [...] [of God]
[...] [dust] [...] [...] [...] [...] [a hidden] [trap] [...]
[...] [...] [has been spread] a net, [a pit], [and] [in] [her paths] [snares] [of destruction] [...]
[...] [...] and ... a way has been opened for [...] [...] [to] [walk] [...]
in the paths of peace, and with flesh to do wonders [like] [these] [...] [for] [...] [lest]
my steps walk upon the snares of her traps, and the spreaders of [the net] [and] [the heap of] [...] [how]
shall I keep watch, being a creature of dust, from crumbling, and like wax [melting] [before] [fire] [...]
and from a fount of ashes [...] how shall I stand before a [stormy] wind [...] [and] [I] — [He establishes me] [in] [...]
and He shall guard him for the mysteries of His will [...] for He knows [to] [...] [...] [...]
[...] destruction, and trap upon trap the snares of wickedness are hidden [...]
[...] and in iniquity all the creature of deceit shall be consumed [...] for to the wrath [...]
[kneaded] of iniquity, and the creature of injustice comes to nothing, and the deeds of deceit [...]
[...] [...] [...] and I, a creature of [...]
[...] what shall stand strong against You [...] You are the God of [all] knowledge [...]
[...] You have made them [...] and apart from You nothing [...]
[and] [I], [a creature] of dust, I know by the spirit which You have placed in me, for [...]
[...] what [all] iniquity and deceit dwell together in insolence [...]
[all] [the deeds] of impurity unto sicknesses, and judgments of plague and [everlasting] destruction [...]
[...] to You belong wrath and [avenging] jealousy [...]
[...] a creature of clay [...]