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A hallelujah of David, Jesse's son.I was the smallest of my brothers, the youngest of my father's sons. He made me shepherd of his flock, ruler over their young.
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My hands made a flute, my fingers a lyre. Let me give glory to the LORD, I thought to myself.
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The mountains cannot witness to God; the hills cannot proclaim him. But the trees have cherished my words, the flocks my deeds.
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Who can proclaim, who can announce, who can declare the LORD's deeds? God has seen everything; God has heard everything; God has listened.
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God sent his prophet to anoint me; Samuel to make me great. My brothers went out to meet him, handsome in form and appearance: