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