A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in You have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me,

And let them that know Your name hope in You- for You, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek You.

A writing of David. Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in You.

O my God, I have trusted in You; let me not be confounded, neither let my enemies laugh me to scorn.

But I hoped in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?

And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with You to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in You, and in Your name we have come up against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against You.

Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force, in courage, in horsemen, and in great numbers? And did He not deliver them into your hands, because you trusted in the Lord?

supporting truth, and keeping peace; for on You, O Lord,

they have trusted with confidence forever, the great, eternal God;

And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, Unless you save your life this night, tomorrow you shall be slain.

And Jonathan cried out after his boy, saying, Make haste, and do not delay. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought the arrows to his master.

And he gave it to him. And David arose, and fled in that day from the presence of Saul. And David came to Achish king of Gath.

And David laid up the words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Achish king of Gath.

And David departed from there to Mizpah of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother be with you here, until I know what God will do to me.

And he dwelt in Maserim in the wilderness, in the narrow passes; and dwelt in the wilderness in Mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered [for death] into the hands of Saul; and there is nothing better for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand.

And I said, O, that I had wings as [those] of a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.

that you may deliver yourself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.

On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, "Get out and go from here, for Herod wants to kill You."