1 […] has done awesome things marvellously […] 2 [… in the streng]th of his power the just exult,
and the holy ones rejoice in […] in
justice 3 […] he established [I]srael from eternity;
his truth and the mysteries of his wisdom in al[l generations …] might 4 […] … […] … and the council of the poor for an
eternal congregation. […] the perfect ones of 5 […
et]ernal; a mighty throne in the congregation of the gods above which none of
the kings of the East shall sit, and their nobles no[t …] silence (?) 6 […] my glory is in{comparable} and besides me
no-one is exalted, nor comes to me, for I reside in […], in the heavens, and
there is no 7 […] … I am counted among the gods and my
dwelling is in the holy congregation; [my] des[ire] is not according to the
flesh, [but] all that is precious to me is in (the) glory (of) 8 […] the holy [dwel]ling. [W]ho has been considered
despicable on my account? And who is comparable to me in my glory? Who, like
the sailors, will come back and tell? 9 […] Who bea[rs all] sorrows like me? And who
[suffe]rs evil like me? There is no-one. I have been instructed, and there is
no teaching comparable 10 [to my teaching …] And who will attack me
when [I] op[en my mouth]? And who can endure the flow of my lips? And who will
confront me and retain comparison with my judgment? 11 [… friend of the king, companion of the holy ones …
incomparable, f]or among the gods is [my] posi[tion, and] my glory is with the
sons of the king. To me (belongs) [pure] gold, and to me, the gold of Ophir 12 […] Blank […] Blank […] 13 [… exult,] just ones, in the God of […] in the
holy dwelling, sing for h[im …] 14 [… p]roclaim during the meditation jubilation
[…] in eternal happiness; and there is no … […] 15 […] to establish the horn of [his] Mess[iah …] 16 […] to make known his power with strength […] 17 […] … […] (Florentino García Martínez and Eibert
J.C. Tigchelaar, eds., The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition [Leiden:
Brill, 1997], 981)
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