11Q7 Psalms^c

Language: Hebrew

Date: 30 B.C. - 68 A.D.

Location: Qumran Cave 11

Contents: Psalms 2:1-8; 9:2-7 (Hebrew 9:3-8); 12:4-8 (Hebrew 12:5-9); 13:1-2, 4-5 (Hebrew 13:2-3, 5-6); 14:1-6; 17:9-15; 18:1-11, 14-16 (Hebrew 18:1-12, 15-17); 19:3-4, 6-7 (Hebrew 19:4-5, 7-8); 25:2-3, 5-7

 

Psalms 2

1 Why do the nations rage,

and the peoples plot a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth take a stand,

and the rulers take counsel together,

against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

3 “Let’s break their bonds apart,

and cast their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh.

The Lord will have them in derision.

5 Then he will speak to them in his anger,

and terrify them in his wrath:

6 “Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”

7 I will tell of the decree.

Yahweh said to me, “You are my son.

Today I have become your father.

8 Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,

the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

[..]

Psalms 9

2 I will be glad and rejoice in you.

I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back,

they stumble and perish in your presence.

4 For you have maintained my just cause.

You sit on the throne judging righteously.

5 You have rebuked the nations.

You have destroyed the wicked.

You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.

The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

7 But Yahweh reigns forever.

He has prepared his throne for judgment.

[..]

Psalms 12

4 who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.

Our lips are our own.

Who is lord over us?”

5 “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,

I will now arise,” says Yahweh to the righteous;

“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

6 Yahweh’s words are flawless words,

as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

7 You will keep them, Yahweh.

You will preserve them from this generation forever.

8 The wicked walk on every side,

when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalms 13

1 How long, Yahweh?

Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

having sorrow in my heart every day?

How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

[..]

4 Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;”

Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

 

5 But I trust in your loving kindness.

My heart rejoices in your salvation.

[..]

 

Psalms 14

For the Chief Musician. By David.

1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt.

They have done abominable deeds.

There is no one who does good.

2 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men,

to see if there were any who understood,

who sought after God.

3 They have all gone aside.

They have together become corrupt.

There is no one who does good, no, not one.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,

who eat up my people as they eat bread,

and don’t call on Yahweh?

5 There they were in great fear,

for God is in the generation of the righteous.

6 You frustrate the plan of the poor,

because Yahweh is his refuge.

[..]

Psalms 17

9 from the wicked who oppress seek me,

my deadly enemies, who surround me.

10 They close up their callous hearts.

With their mouth they speak proudly.

11 The have banished me, they have now surrounded us in our steps.

They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,

as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

13 Arise, Yahweh, confront him.

Cast him down.

Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

14 from men by your hand, Yahweh,

from men of the world, whose portion is in this life.

You fill the belly of your cherished ones.

Your sons have plenty,

and they store up wealth for their children.

15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness.

I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

 

Psalms 18

For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;

and I am saved from my enemies.

4 The cords of death surrounded me.

The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

5 The cords of Sheol were around me.

The snares of death came on me.

6 In my distress I called on Yahweh,

and cried to my God.

He heard my voice out of his temple.

My cry before him came into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled.

The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,

because he was angry.

8 Smoke went out of his nostrils.

Consuming fire came out of his mouth.

Coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down.

Thick darkness was under his feet.

10 He rode on a cherub, and flew.

Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him,

darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

[..]

14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them;

Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared.

The foundations of the world were laid bare sent away at your rebuke, Yahweh,

at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

16 He sent from on high.

And he took me.

He drew me out of many waters.

[..]

Psalms 19

3 There is no speech nor language,

where their voice is not heard.

4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth,

their words to the end of the world.

In them he has set a tent for the sun,

[..]

6 His going out is from the end of the heavens,

his circuit to its ends;

There is nothing hidden from its heat.

 

7 Yahweh’s law is laws are perfect, restoring the soul.

Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

[..]

Psalms 25

2 My God, I have trusted in you.

Don’t let me be shamed.

Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

3 Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed.

They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

[..]

5 Guide me in your truth, and teach me,

For you are the God of my salvation,

I wait for you all day long.

6 Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness,

for they are from old times.

7 Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.

Remember me according to your loving kindness,

for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh.