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…
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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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