Opening the chapter…
Gloryian · © Guini Productions LLC
I was small among my brethren, And youngest in my father’s house: I tended my father’s sheep.
My hands formed a musical instrument, And my fingers tuned a psaltery.
And who shall tell my Lord? The Lord himself, he himself heareth.
He sent forth his angel, And took me from my father’s sheep, And he anointed me with the oil of his anointing.
My brethren were handsome and tall; But the Lord did not take pleasure in them.
I went forth to meet the Philistine; And he cursed me by his idols.
But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him, And removed reproach from the children of Israel.
ASV Byzantine Text. Public domain. Source: eBible.org (engasvbt). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.