Psalm 151This psalm is ascribed to David as his own composition (though it is outside the number ), after he had fought in single combat with Goliath. 1 I was small among my brothers and the youngest in my father’s house; I tended my father’s sheep. 2 My hands made a harp; my fingers fashioned a lyre. 3 And who will tell my Lord? The Lord himself; it is he who hears. 4 It was he who sent his messenger and took me from my father’s sheep and anointed me with his anointing oil. 5 My brothers were handsome and tall, but the Lord was not pleased with them. 6 I went out to meet the foreigner, and he cursed me by his idols. 7 But I drew his own sword; I beheaded him and removed disgrace from the people of Israel. |
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