8. Saul burned with anger. This song annoyed him. "They’ve credited David with tens of thousands," he said, "but only credit me with thousands. What’s next for him—the kingdom itself?"
9. So Saul kept a close eye on David from that point on.
10. The next day an evil spirit from God came over Saul, and he acted like he was in a prophetic frenzy in his house. So David played the lyre as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand,
11. and he threw it, thinking, I’ll pin David to the wall. But David escaped from him two different times.
12. Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with David but no longer with Saul.