1 Samuel 16:14-23 - Saul In Torment

¹⁴ Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him. ¹⁵ So the servants of Saul said to him, "Look please, an evil spirit from God [is] tormenting you. ¹⁶ Please, let our lord command your servants [who are] before you! Let them seek a man skilled in playing on the lyre. {When} the evil spirit from God [is] upon you, he can play {on it} and {you will feel better}."

¹⁷ So Saul said to his servants, "Please select a man {who plays a stringed instrument well} and bring [him] to me."

¹⁸ One of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite [who is] skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a {brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome}. And Yahweh [is] with him."

¹⁹ So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me David your son who [is] with the sheep." ²⁰ And Jesse took a donkey [loaded with] bread and a skin of wine and one {young goat} and sent [them] to Saul by the hand of David his son. ²¹ So David came to Saul and {entered his service}. He loved him greatly and {he became Saul's armor bearer}. ²² Then Saul sent [word] to Jesse, saying, "Please let David stand before me, because he has found favor {in my sight}." ²³ So whenever the [evil] spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the stringed instrument and play it with his hand. Then {it would bring relief} for Saul; {he would feel better} and the evil spirit would depart from him.