Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Psalm 151
| Οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἰδιόγραφος εἰς Δαυίδ, καὶ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ· ὅτε ἐμονομάχησεν τῷ Γολιάδ. | This Psalm is a personal writing for David, and outside the number; when he fought in single combat with Goliath. |
David’s Autograph
| 1 Μικρὸς ἤμην ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ νεώτερος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου· ἐποίμαινον τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρός μου. 2 αἱ χεῖρές μου ἐποίησαν ὄργανον, οἱ δάκτυλοί μου ἥρμοσαν ψαλτήριον. 3 καὶ τίς ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ κυρίῳ μου; αὐτὸς κύριος, αὐτὸς εἰσακούει. 4 αὐτὸς ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦρέν με ἐκ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἔχρισέν με ἐν τῷ ἐλαίῳ τῆς χρίσεως αὐτοῦ. 5 οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι, καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς κύριος. | 151.1 I was small among my brothers and the youngest in my father’s house; I tended my father’s sheep. 151.2 My hands made an instrument, and my fingers tuned a psaltery. 151.3 And who will tell my Lord? The Lord Himself, He hears. 151.4 He sent out His messenger and took me from my father’s sheep, and He anointed me with the oil of His anointing. 151.5 My brothers were handsome and tall, and yet the Lord was not well-pleased with them. |
| 6 ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ ἀλλοφύλῳ, καὶ ἐπικατηράσατό με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτοῦ· 7 ἐγὼ δὲ σπασάμενος τὴν παρ' αὐτοῦ μάχαιραν ἀπεκεφάλισα αὐτὸν καὶ ἦρα ὄνειδος ἐξ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. | 151.6 I went out to meet the foreigner, and he cursed me by his idols. 151.7 But I, drawing the sword from his own side, beheaded him and removed the reproach from the sons of Israel. |