My LORD’s BiblePsalm 151 1
Attributed to David but pseudonymous; a short Hebrew version exists among the Dead Sea Scrolls, showing it was already in circulation by at least the 2nd-1st century BC. A brief autobiographical psalm on David's selection as a shepherd-boy over his older brothers and his victory over Goliath.
1I was small among my brothers, and youngest in my father's house. I tended my father's sheep.
οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἰδιόγραφος εἰς δαυιδ καὶ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ ὅτε ἐμονομάχησεν τῷ γολιαδ μικρὸς ἤμην ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ νεώτερος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐποίμαινον τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρός μου (20275)
See also: 1 Samuel 16:11
2My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned a lyre.
αἱ χεῖρές μου ἐποίησαν ὄργανον οἱ δάκτυλοί μου ἥρμοσαν ψαλτήριον (5372)
See also: 1 Samuel 16:23
3Who shall tell my Lord? The Lord himself, he himself hears.
καὶ τίς ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ κυρίῳ μου αὐτὸς κύριος αὐτὸς εἰσακούει (7052)
4He sent forth his angel and took me from my father's sheep, and he anointed me with his anointing oil.
αὐτὸς ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦρέν με ἐκ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἔχρισέν με ἐν τῷ ἐλαίῳ τῆς χρίσεως αὐτοῦ (14964)
See also: 1 Samuel 16:13
5My brothers were handsome and tall; but the Lord didn't take pleasure in them.
οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς κύριος (4650)
See also: 1 Samuel 16:7
6I went out to meet the Philistine, and he cursed me by his idols.
ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ ἀλλοφύλῳ καὶ ἐπικατηράσατό με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτοῦ (8784)
See also: 1 Samuel 17:43
7But I drew his own sword and beheaded him, and removed reproach from the children of Israel.
ἐγὼ δὲ σπασάμενος τὴν παρ' αὐτοῦ μάχαιραν ἀπεκεφάλισα αὐτὸν καὶ ἦρα ὄνειδος ἐξ υἱῶν ισραηλ (8074)
See also: 1 Samuel 17:51