Hymn to the Creator

Psalms Scroll^a 26:9–15

2nd Century BCE–1st Century CE

⁹Great and Holy are you, Yhwh,

the Most Holy from generation to generation.

In front of him walks glory

¹⁰and behind him the din of many waters.

Kindness and truth are around his face,

truth, ¹¹uprightness and justice are the base of his throne.

He separated light from darkness,

the dawn he established with the knowledge of ¹²his heart.

Then all…

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About Hymn to the Creator

This hymn, found in the Qumran Psalms scroll from Cave 11, praises God for creation, which it portrays as a manifestation of divine wisdom. The psalm is replete with biblical language and imagery and concludes with the standard blessing formula, “Blessed be he who . . .”

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