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Psalms 116 from Scroll 4Q84 Psalmsb

17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

and will call on Yahweh’s name.

18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh,

yes, in the presence of all his people,

19 in the courts of Yahweh’s house,

in the middle of you, Jerusalem.

Praise Yah!

 

Psalms 116 from Scroll 4Q87 Psalmse

I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice,

and my cries for mercy.

Because he has turned his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

The cords of death surrounded me,

the pains of Sheol got a hold of me.

I found trouble and sorrow.

Then I called on Yahweh’s name:

“Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

 

Psalms 116 from Scroll 4Q96 Psalmso

The cords of death surrounded me,

the pains of Sheol got a hold of me.

I found trouble and sorrow.

[..]

Yahweh is Gracious and righteous.

Yes, our God is merciful.

[..]

Return to your rest, my soul,

for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

For you have delivered my soul from death,

my feet from falling

and my eyes from tears.

and my feet from falling.

I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.

10 I believed, therefore I said,

“I was greatly afflicted.”

 

Psalms 116 from Scroll 11Q8 Psalmsd

I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice,

and my cries for mercy.

[..]

The cords of death surrounded me,

the pains of Sheol got a hold of me.

I found trouble and sorrow.

 

 

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