Psalm 151

¹ This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though supernumerary, composed when he fought in single combat with ^[1]Goliath.

I was small among my brethren,

and youngest in my father’s house:

I tended my father’s sheep.

² My hands formed a musical instrument,

and my fingers tuned a psaltery.

³ And who shall tell my Lord?

the Lord himself, he himself heareth.

⁴ He sent forth his angel,

and took me from my father’s sheep,

and he anointed me with the oil of his anointing.

⁵ My brothers were handsome and tall;

but the Lord did not take pleasure in them.

⁶ I went forth to meet the Philistine;

and he cursed me by his idols.

⁷ But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him,

and removed reproach from the children of Israel.

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