The following portion of the text is taken from fragment 2 (bracketed elipses such as [. . .] in the translation below represent missing or unintelligible passages in the text). 1 [. . . for the heav]ens and the earth will listen to His messiah, 2 [and all w]hich is in them shall not turn away from the commandments of the Holy Ones. 3 Strengthen yourselves, O you who seek the Lord, in His service! 4 Will you not find the Lord in this, all those who hope in their heart? 5 For the Lord seeks the pious and calls the righteous by name, 6 and His spirit hovers over the poor, and He renews the
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