And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, you see the man is mad: why then 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, altaschith. A michtam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in you: yea, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities have passed.

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

Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

A maschil of David. A prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Yet will I bring an heir unto you, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam, the glory of Israel.

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.