Psalm 151 1 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

This psalm is ascribed to David as his own composition (though it is outside the number[a]), after he had fought in single combat with Goliath.

151 I was small among my brothers
and the youngest in my father’s house;
I tended my father’s sheep.(A)

2 My hands made a harp;
my fingers fashioned a lyre.(B)

3 And who will tell my Lord?
The Lord himself; it is he who hears.[b](C)

4 It was he who sent his messenger[c]
and took me from my father’s sheep
and anointed me with his anointing oil.(D)

5 My brothers were handsome and tall,
but the Lord was not pleased with them.(E)

6 I went out to meet the foreigner,[d]
and he cursed me by his idols.(F)

7 But I drew his own sword;
I beheaded him and removed disgrace from the people of Israel.(G)

Footnotes

  1. 151.1Other ancient authorities add of the one hundred fifty (psalms)
  2. 151.3Other ancient authorities add everything; others add me; others read who will hear me
  3. 151.4Gk: Q ms prophet
  4. 151.6Gk: Q ms Philistine

Cross references

  1. 151.1 : 1 Sam 16.11; 17.36–38
  2. 151.2 : 1 Sam 16.23
  3. 151.3 : Sir 16.20, 22
  4. 151.4 : 1 Sam 16.1–11, 13
  5. 151.5 : 1 Sam 16.7, 10
  6. 151.6 : 1 Sam 17.43
  7. 151.7 : 1 Sam 17.51, 57

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