1 Samuel 16:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ Let our lord give orders, and thy servants who are before thee will seek out a man skillful in playing on the harp, that when the evil spirit from the Lord is upon thee, he may play with his hand, and thou mayest bear it more easily.

¹⁷ And Saul said to his servants: Provide me then some man that can play well, and bring him to me.

¹⁸ And one of the servants answering, said: Behold I have seen a son of Isai the Bethlehemite, a skillful player, and one of great strength, and a man fit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely person: and the Lord is with him.