The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
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[...] [holy] which is in the heavens
[...] great, and it is the wonder [...] and they will not be able
[to] [understand] [these things and] [to] [recount] [Your wonders], and they will not restrain themselves from knowing in all
[...] [has returned] to his dust [...] and I am a man of transgression and rolled
[...] guilt of wickedness [...] and I, in the periods of wrath
[...] [to] [stand up] before the plague, and [...] to be on guard
[from] [...] [You have made known to me], my God, that there is hope for man
[...] above [...] and I, a creature of clay, have leaned
upon [Your] mighty [arm and] [...] my feet [...] and I know that truth
is Your mouth, [and] [none] [of Your word] [will] [turn] back [...] and I, in my time, will hold fast
to [Your covenant] [...] what, in the station You have set me [...] for
[...] man, and You will bring him back, and by what will [...]
[...] You have set, strength [...]
[...] in there is not [hope] [...]
[...] and I, a creature [...]
[...] [You have divided] [...]
[...] which [...]
[...] [evening] and morning with [the entrance of] [...]
[...] [the afflictions of] a man, and from [the pain of] [mankind]
[You will bring forth] in joy, [for] [to] [forgivenesses] they look [...] and at their post [they shall stand]
and the noble ones have not [perished], for You rebuke every destroying satan, and the will of [...]
to me, from of old You established for [...] in it, and You have opened my ear [...] like [...]
he will not come, for [...] or the men of the covenant have been deceived by them [...] and he will come [...]
in my frame, and [my inward parts] [with] [rebukes] before You [...] and I have feared Your judgment [...]
[...] [before] [You] [...] and who is acquitted in Your judgment [...] and what indeed [is he]
[...] we are in judgment, and he returns to his dust [...] what [can he understand]
[in] [...] [for] [You], [my God], have opened my heart to Your understanding, and You have uncovered [my ear]
[...] and to lean upon Your goodness [...] and my heart is disturbed like [...]
[...] and my heart, like wax, melts because of transgression and sin
[...] [until] its completion [...] Blessed are You, God of knowledge, who [have prepared]
[...] and You have afflicted Your servant, this for Your sake [...] for I know
[...] [and] for [Your kindness] I will hope in all my being, and Your name I will bless always [...]
[...] hope for Your servant, and do not abandon him in the periods of
[...] [Your] and Your glory and [Your goodness]
[...] upon in [...]