Psalm 151
The canonical Psalter in both the Hebrew and Christian Bibles contains 150 Psalms. Yet, some copies of the Septuagint (LXX) contain an additional psalm. It is labeled as one "falling outside the number." It appears to have been authored by David and is a first person account of his anointing by Samuel and his later victory over Goliath. Basically, the Psalm praises God for what He has accomplished through David. In point of fact, there are many Psalms that impute authorship to David or apparently refer to events in his life. Yet, Psalm 151 is the only one that does so in an unambiguous manner. Despite this note of authentication, scholars are not so quick to attribute actual authorship to David. For a long time, the only copy of this Psalm was found among Greek manuscripts. Several identify it as being "outside the number" of canonical writings, though one (Sinaiticus) includes it and labels its Psalter as "The 151 Psalms of David." It was believed that ...
