22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family 1 learned about it, they went down there to him.
23:19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?
24:1 (24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him, “Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.” 24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find 5 David and his men in the region of 6 the rocks of the mountain goats. 7 24:3 He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. 8
Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.
26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near 9 Jeshimon?”
26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near 10 Jeshimon?”
A well-written song 18 by David, when he was in the cave; 19 a prayer.
142:1 To the Lord I cry out; 20
to the Lord I plead for mercy. 21
142:2 I pour out my lament before him;
I tell him about 22 my troubles.
142:3 Even when my strength leaves me, 23
you watch my footsteps. 24
In the path where I walk
they have hidden a trap for me.
142:4 Look to the right and see!
No one cares about me. 25
I have nowhere to run; 26
no one is concerned about my life. 27
142:5 I cry out to you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my shelter,
my security 28 in the land of the living.”
142:6 Listen to my cry for help,
for I am in serious trouble! 29
Rescue me from those who chase me,
for they are stronger than I am.
142:7 Free me 30 from prison,
that I may give thanks to your name.
Because of me the godly will assemble, 31
for you will vindicate me. 32
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “saw.”
3 tn Heb “established.”
4 tn Heb “I will search him out.”
5 tn Heb “to search [for].”
6 tn Heb “upon the face of.”
7 tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).
8 tn Heb “to cover his feet,” an idiom (euphemism) for relieving oneself (cf. NAB “to ease nature”).
9 tn Heb “upon the face of.”
10 tn Heb “upon the face of.”
11 tn Heb “Israel.”
12 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”
14 tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.
15 tn Heb “[was] to.”
16 tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”
17 sn Psalm 142. The psalmist laments his persecuted state and asks the Lord to deliver him from his enemies.
18 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. The word is derived from a verb meaning “to be prudent; to be wise.” Various options are: “a contemplative song,” “a song imparting moral wisdom,” or “a skillful [i.e., well-written] song.” The term occurs in the superscriptions of Pss 32, 42, 44, 45, 52-55, 74, 78, 88, 89, and 142, as well as in Ps 47:7.
19 sn According to the superscription, David wrote this psalm while in “the cave.” This probably refers to either the incident recorded in 1 Sam 22:1 or to the one recorded in 1 Sam 24:3. See the superscription of Ps 57.
20 tn Heb “[with] my voice to the
21 tn Heb “[with] my voice to the
22 tn Heb “my trouble before him I declare.”
23 tn Heb “my spirit grows faint.”
24 tn Heb “you know my path.”
25 tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”
26 tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”
27 tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”
28 tn Heb “my portion.” The psalmist compares the
29 tn Heb “for I am very low.”
30 tn Heb “bring out my life.”
31 tn Or “gather around.”
32 tn The Hebrew idiom גָּמַל עַל (gamal ’al) means “to repay,” here in a positive sense.