Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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1 Samuel 16:16
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.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 16:16:
1 Samuel 10:5
Psalms 43:4
Isaiah 5:12
Daniel 1:4
Amos 6:5
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