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Psalms 151

Brenton's Septuagint in Greek and English. Each column preserves its source's verse numbering.

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Greek Septuagint

1 Οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἰδιόγραφος εἰς Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ, ὅτε ἐμονομάχησε τῷ Γολιάδ. Μικρὸς ἤμην ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοίς μου, καὶ νεώτερος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου, ἐποίμαινον τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρός μου.

2 Αἱ χεῖρές μου ἐποίησαν ὄργανον, καὶ οἱ δάκτυλοί μου ἥρμοσαν ψαλτήριον.

3 Καὶ τίς ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ μου; αὐτὸς Κύριος, αὐτὸς εἰσακούει.

4 Αὐτὸς ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾖρέ με ἐκ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ἔχρισέ με ἐν τῷ ἐλαίῳ τῆς χρίσεως αὐτοῦ.

5 Οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι, καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς Κύριος.

6 Ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ ἀλλοφύλῳ, καὶ ἐπικατηράσατό με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτοῦ·

7 Ἐγὼ δὲ σπασάμενος τὴν παρʼ αὐτοῦ μάχαιραν, ἀπεκεφάλισα αὐτόν, καὶ ᾖρα ὄνειδος ἐξ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.

Brenton English

1 This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though supernumerary, composed when he fought in single combat with Goliad. I was small among my brethren, and youngest in my father's house: I tended my father's sheep.

Goliath.

2 My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned a psaltery.

3 And who shall tell my Lord? the Lord himself, he himself hears.

4 He sent forth his angel, and took me from my father's sheep, and he anointed me with the oil of his anointing.

5 My brothers were handsome and tall; but the Lord did not take pleasure in them.

6 I went forth to meet the Philistine; and he cursed me by his idols.

7 But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him, and removed reproach from the children of Israel.

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Source and license

L. C. L. Brenton, The Septuagint Version, 1851. Public domain. eBible.org transcription.. Public Domain. Greek source edition.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton. Public Domain. English source edition.

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