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Psalm 151 is a short psalm found in most copies of the Septuagint (LXX),[1] but not in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. The title given to the psalm in the Septuagint indicates that it is supernumerary, as no number is affixed to it. The psalm is ascribed to David.[2] It is also included in some manuscripts of the Peshitta. The psalm concerns the story of David and Goliath.
The Eastern Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, and Syrian Orthodox churches accept Psalm 151 as canonical. Protestants and most forms of Judaism consider it apocryphal. However, it is found in some Catholic Bibles—though the Catholic Church considers it noncanonical—in editions of the Vulgate as well as in some ecumenical translations (e.g., the Revised Standard Version).[3] Psalm 151 is cited once in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Breviary as a responsory of the series from the books of Kings, the second in the Roman Breviary, together with 1 Samuel 17:37 (Greek 1–2 Kings is linked to the traditional 1–2 Samuel, and Greek 3–4 Kings to the traditional 1–2 Kings) in a text slightly different from that of the Vulgate.[4] Athanasius of Alexandria mentions this psalm as being "especially the Psalm of David" and as being suited to occasions in which "weak as you are, you people are chosen for some position of authority among the brethren."[5]
- ^ Swete 1914, p. 252.
- ^ "Psalm 151", Athanasian Grail Psalter, archived from the original on 2021-02-27.
- ^ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20151+1&version=NRSVUE Psalm 151]: New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
- ^ DiPippo, Gregory (January 27, 2017), "Actual Apocrypha in the Liturgy", New Liturgical Movement, archived from the original on July 5, 2018.
- ^ Athanasius, The Letter of Athanasius, our people Father, Archbishop of Alexandria, to Marcellinus on the Interpretation of the Psalms, archived 14 April 2021, accessed 11 July 2022