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Psalms 115 from Scroll 4Q84 Psalmsb

2 Why should the nations say,

“Where is their God, now?”

But our God is in the heavens.

He does whatever he pleases.

 

Psalms 115 from Scroll 4Q87 Psalmse

15 Blessed are you by Yahweh,

who made heaven and earth.

16 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh;

but the earth has he given to the children of men.

17 The dead don’t praise Yah,

neither any who go down into silence;

18 But we will bless Yah,

from this time forward and forever more.

Praise Yah!

 

Psalms 115 from Scroll 4Q96 Psalmso

1 Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,

but to your name give glory,

for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.

2 Why should the nations say,

“Where is their God, now?”

[..]

Their The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

the work of men’s hands.

 

Psalms 115 from Scroll 11Q8 Psalmsd

16 The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh;

but the earth has he given to the children of men.

17 The dead don’t praise Yah,

neither any who go down into silence;

18 But we will bless Yah,

from this time forward and forever more.

Praise Yah!

 

 

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