This 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 Philistine,
and he cursed me by his
idols.
7 But
I drew his own sword;
I beheaded him, and took
away disgrace from the people of Israel.
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