Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is insane. Why have you brought him to me?

A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.

To the Chief Musician. Set to "Do Not Destroy." A Michtam of David when he fled from Saul into the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until [these] calamities have passed by.

the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,

Then three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the troop of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

David [was] then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then [in] Bethlehem.

Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

A Contemplation of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cry out to the LORD with my voice; With my voice to the LORD I make my supplication.

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place; He will come down And tread on the high places of the earth.

I will yet bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah; The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.

of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, [in] dens and caves of the earth.