This is a fragment of manuscript from the
Dead Sea Scrolls, and part of a collection of fragments referred to as both '
The Secret of the Way Things Are' and 'A Sapiental Work.' This is one of the
sparser, less
well preserved fragments.
Fragment 1
5Impose discipline on your lips, and on your tongue double doors …
6Meditate on righteous words … to those who seek …
7Always with your mouth praise God … your trembling …
8Give joy to His name …
9in the general assembly …
10day and night…
Translation by Edward Cook