Pesher Psalms

Pesher Psalms 1–5

2nd Century BCE–1st Century CE

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[ . . . ] ²⁰[ . . . He will make your justice come out like the dawn and your rights like mi]dday (Psalm 37:6). ²¹[Its interpretation concerns the congregation of the poor who are ready to do] the will of ²²[God . . . ] the arrogant ones choose ²³[ . . . who l]ove slovenliness and misdirect ²⁴[ . . . ] wickedness at the hands of E[phra]im…

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About Pesher Psalms

Remains of commentaries on Psalms 37, 45, 57, 68, and 127 survive from Caves 1 and 4, though some of them are too fragmentary to be rendered into English. Pesher Psalms^a (4Q171) is mainly a commentary on Psalm 37. It is primarily concerned with the destiny of the just and the wicked, which it expounds in relation to the history of the sect and its opponents, including the struggle between the sect’s Teacher of Righteousness and the Wicked Priest.

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