Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations
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Psalms 125 |
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Psalms 125 from Scroll 4Q87 Psalmse A Song of Ascents. 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever. 2
3 For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous; so
that the righteous won’t 4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in 5 But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity[2]. Peace be on Israel.
Psalm 125 from Scroll 11Q5 Psalmsa A Song of Ascents. 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more. 3 For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil. 4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to
those who are upright in 5 Yahweh will lead them away with all the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
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