Psalm 151 1
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Psalm 151
This psalm is ascribed to David as his own composition (though it is outside the number#151.1 Other ancient authorities add of the one hundred fifty (psalms)), after he had fought in single combat with Goliath.
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1 Sam 16.11; 17.36–38 I was small among my brothers
and the youngest in my father’s house;
I tended my father’s sheep.
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1 Sam 16.23
My hands made a harp;
my fingers fashioned a lyre.
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Sir 16.20, 22 And who will tell my Lord?
The Lord himself; it is he who hears.#151.3 Other ancient authorities add everything; others add me; others read who will hear me
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1 Sam 16.1–11, 13 It was he who sent his messenger#151.4 Gk: Q ms prophet
and took me from my father’s sheep
and anointed me with his anointing oil.
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1 Sam 16.7, 10 My brothers were handsome and tall,
but the Lord was not pleased with them.
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1 Sam 17.43
I went out to meet the foreigner,#151.6 Gk: Q ms Philistine
and he cursed me by his idols.
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1 Sam 17.51, 57 But I drew his own sword;
I beheaded him and removed disgrace from the people of Israel.
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