For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”God, save me by Your name,
and vindicate me by Your might!

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.

When he was

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When David’s brothers and his father’s whole family heard, they went down and joined him there.

When Saul came to the sheep pens along the road, a cave was there, and he went in to relieve himself.

David and his men were staying in the back of the cave,

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

With my voice

Listen to the sound of my pleading
when I cry to You for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward Your holy sanctuary.

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.I cry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and He will hear me.

A Davidic psalm.Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on You.

General references

I call on You in the day of my distress,
for You will answer me.