David’s Psalms in Other Places
| What was happening to David | Passage in Samuel
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| Saul sent men to kill David. | 1 Samuel 19.11 | Psalm 59 |
| David fled from Saul to Achish, king of Gath. | 1 Samuel 21.10–12 | Psalm 56 |
| David feigned insanity in Gath. | 1 Samuel 21.13 | Psalm 34 |
| David fled to the cave of Adullam. | 1 Samuel 22.1 | Psalm 142 |
| Doeg the Edomite told Saul that David was in Nob. | 1 Samuel 211 Samuel 22.9 | Psalm 52 |
| The Ziphites told Saul that David was hiding in the hill of Hachilah. | 1 Samuel 23.191 Samuel 26 | Psalm 54 |
| David spared Saul’s life. | 1 Samuel 24.3, 4 | Psalm 57 |
| David and his army killed 18,000 Syrians in the Valley of Salt. | 2 Samuel 8.13 | Psalm 60 |
| David admitted his sin with Bathsheba to Nathan the prophet. | 2 Samuel 12.13 | Psalm 51 |
| David fled from his son Absalom. | 2 Samuel 15.16 | Psalm 3 |
| The Israelites mourned the civil war between Absalom and David. | 2 Samuel 15.23 | Psalm 63 |
| Shimei cursed David. | 1 Samuel 21-24 or 2 Samuel 16.5 | Psalm 7 |
| David rejoiced over his deliverance from Saul. | 2 Samuel 22.1–51 | Psalm 18 |