撒母耳记上 16:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

願我們的主吩咐你面前的臣僕，去尋找一位善於彈琴的人；從　神那裡來的靈臨到你身上的時候，他可以彈琴，你就好了。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 们 的 主 可 以 吩 咐 面 前 的 臣 仆 ， 找 一 个 善 於 弹 琴 的 来 ， 等 　 神 那 里 来 的 恶 魔 临 到 你 身 上 的 时 候 ， 使 他 用 手 弹 琴 ， 你 就 好 了 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ But the Lord 's Spirit had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. ¹⁵ Saul's servants said to him, "See, an evil spirit from God is troubling you. ¹⁶ Give us the command to look for someone who can play the harp. When the evil spirit from God troubles you, he will play, and you will feel better." ¹⁷ So Saul said to his servants, "Find someone who can play well and bring him to me." ¹⁸ One of the servants said, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem play the harp. He is brave and courageous. He is a good speaker and handsome, and the Lord is with him." ¹⁹ Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep." ²⁰ So Jesse loaded a donkey with bread, a leather bag full of wine, and a young goat, and he sent them with his son David to Saul. ²¹ When David came to Saul, he began to serve him. Saul liked David and made him the officer who carried his armor. ²² Saul sent a message to Jesse, saying, "Let David stay and serve me because I like him." ²³ When the evil spirit from God troubled Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then the evil spirit would leave him, and Saul would feel better.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

before thee: 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, Genesis 41:46, 1 Kings 10:8

play: 1 Samuel 16:23, 1 Samuel 10:5, 2 Kings 3:15

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:10 - played 2 Samuel 6:5 - David

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let our Lord now command thy servants which are before thee,.... Meaning either themselves, or some of a more inferior rank, who were in some post and office at court, waiters there, such as yeomen of the guards:

to seek out a man who is a cunning player on the harp: a musical instrument much in use in those days:

and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee; when in a melancholy mood, and Satan takes the advantage of it to distress and terrify, to spread the gloom, and stir up evil passions, and promote distraction and confusion:

that he shall play with his hand: upon the harp, that being not an instrument of wind, but of hand music:

and thou shalt be well: music being a means of cheering the spirits, and removing melancholy and gloomy apprehensions of things, and so of restoring to better health of body and disposition of mind; and that music has such an effect on the bodies and minds of men is certain from observation and experience in all ages. Music has been found to be medicine to various diseases, not only for the curing of the bite of vipers, and of the tarantula, but for easing the pains of the sciatica, and for helping persons labouring under the disorders of the frenzy k; and Pythagoras used to compose the mind, and remove the perturbations of it, by the use of the harp l, the thing here advised to.

k A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 4. c. 13. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 2. c. 17. Vid. Philostrat. Vit. Apollon. Tyan. l. 5. c. 7. l Seneca de Ira, l. 3. c. 9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The medicinal effects of music on the mind and body, especially as appeasing anger, and soothing and pacifying a troubled spirit, are well known. It is deeply interesting to have the youthful David thus brought before us, as using music for its highest purpose, that of turning the soul to the harmony of peace and love. We may infer that some of his Psalms, such e. g. as Psalms 23:1-6, were already composed.