Hebrew transcription following Allegro, J.M., DJD V (1968) with corrections from Strugnell (1970). Psalm lemmas in standard Biblical Hebrew; pesher commentary in Qumran scribal hand.
Fragment 1
[Commentary on Psalm 127:2–3]
כֵּן יִתֵּן לִידִידוֹ שֵׁנָא 1
פשרו על ]...[ אנשי ]...[ שומרי התורה ]...[ ואל נתן להם ]...[ 2
]...[ 3
הִנֵּה נַחֲלַת יְהוָה בָּנִים שָׂכָר פְּרִי הַבָּטֶן 4
כְּחִצִּים בְּיַד גִּבּוֹר כֵּן בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים 5
פשרו ]...[ הבנים ]...[ בריתו ]...[ 6
Fragment 2
]...[ פשרו ]...[ 1
]...[ 2
Fragment 3
]...[ 1
Fragment 4
]...[ 1
Fragment 5
[Commentary on Psalm 118:22–23]
אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה 1
פשרו ]הבונים הם[ דורשי החלקות ]אשר מאסו[ ]את מורה[ ה]צדק...[ 2
]...[ ראש פנה ]...[ 3
מֵאֵת יְהוָה הָיְתָה זֹּאת הִיא נִפְלָאת בְּעֵינֵינוּ 4
פשרו ]...[ 5
Source Colophon
Script: Late Second Temple Hebrew (Qumran scribal hand; Biblical Hebrew psalm lemmas)
Source Manuscript: 4Q173 (4QpPsalmsb), Qumran Cave 4 (discovered 1952)
Transcription: Allegro, J.M., Qumrân Cave 4, Discoveries in the Judaean Desert V, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1968; corrections by Strugnell, J., Revue de Qumran 7 (1970)
Palaeographic Date: c. 50–70 CE (Herodian period)
Scribe: Good Works Translation Lineage, New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026
The Hebrew text is in the public domain, being over two thousand years old.
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