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To the Chief Musician on Neginoth. A Contemplation; A Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Does not David hide himself among us? Save me, O God, by Your name; and judge me by Your strength.

Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

For strangers have risen up against me; and terrifying men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.

Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is with those who uphold my soul.

He shall reward evil to my enemies; cut them off in Your truth.

I will freely sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O Jehovah, for it is good.

For He has delivered me out of all trouble; and my eye has seen its desire on my enemies.

And the men of Ziph went to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding himself with us in strongholds, in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is south of the wilderness?

And now, come down according to all the desires of your soul, O king. Come down, and our duty is to deliver him up into the king's hand.

And Saul said, You are blessed of Jehovah, for you have had pity on me.

Please go, make yet more sure, and know, and see his place where his foot is; who has seen him there, for one has said to me, He is being very crafty.

And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides himself. And you shall return to me ready, and I shall go with you, and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I shall search him out through all the thousands of Judah.

And they rose up and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.

And Saul and his men went to search. And they told David. And he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard, and pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.