Thanksgiving Hymns 1 QHa 11 20 I give

Thanksgiving Hymns

• 1 QHa 11: 20 I give thanks to You, O Lord, for You have redeemed my soul from the pit. From Sheol and Abaddon • 1 QHa 11: 21 You have raised me up to an eternal height, so that I might walk about on a limitless plain, and know that there is hope for him whom • 1 QHa 11: 22 You created from the dust for the eternal council. The perverse spirit You have cleansed from great transgression, that he might take his stand with • 1 QHa 11: 23 the host of the holy ones, and enter together (or in the Yahad) with the congregation of the sons of heaven. And for man, You have allotted an eternal destiny with the spirits • 1 QHa 11: 24 of knowledge, to praise Your name together with shouts of joy, and to recount Your wonders before all Your creatures.

1 QHa 12: 10 -14 זממו עלי }}כז{{ בליעל להמיר תורתכה. והמה מליצי כזב וחוזי רמיה ויעצורו משקה דעת מצמאים. אשר שננתה בלבבי בחלקות לעמכה ^ ולצמאם ישקום חומץ למע הבט אל תעותם להתהולל במועדיה^מ כי אתה אל תנאץ כל מחשבת בליעל ועצתכה. להתפש במצודותם והמה נעלמים זמות בליעל. היא תקום ומחשבת לבכה תכון לנצח They are mediators of a lie and seers of deceit. They have plotted wickedness against me, so as to exchange Your law, which You spoke distinctly in my heart, for flattering words directed to Your people. They hold back the drink of knowledge from those who thirst, and for their thirst they give them vinegar to drink, that they might observe their error, behaving madly at their festivals and getting caught in their nets. But You, O God, reject every plan of Belial, and Your counsel alone shall stand, and the plan of Your heart shall remain for ever