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Their stature tall,
    their hair beautiful,
    but the Lord God
    did not choose them.

Instead, he sent and took me
from following the flock.
God anointed me with holy oil;
    God made me leader for his people,
    ruler over the children
    of his covenant.

151B [Hebrew and Syriac][a]

At the beginning of David’s power after the prophet of God anointed him.

I went out to attack the Philistine,
    who cursed me by his idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 151 1:8 The Heb manuscript is damaged. The translation here follows the Syriac.

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