And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Ver. 23. David took a harp.] This music disabled the instrument of Saul's distemper - melancholy, a Not the agent - the devil; unless David withal sang psalms to his harp, as Josephus saith he did; or prayed heartily there while, as others think. See 2 Kings 3:15 .
a Lymphationibus tunc temporis cessantibus. - Tremel.