Psalm 151

Psalm 151

This psalm is ascribed to David as his own composition (though it is outside the numbera), 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.b,*

4 It was he who sent his messengerc

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,d

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.*