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[To the chiefe musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalme of Dauid. When the Ziphims came and sayde to Saul: doeth not Dauid hide himselfe with vs?] Saue me, O God, by thy name, and iudge me by thy strength.

Heare my prayer, O God; giue eare to the words of my mouth.

For strangers are risen vp against me, and oppressors seeke after my soule; they haue not set God before them. Selah.

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that vphold my soule.

He shall reward euill vnto mine enemies: cut them off in thy trueth.

I will freely sacrifice vnto thee; I will praise thy name (O Lord:) for it is good.

For hee hath deliuered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seene his desire vpon mine enemies.

Then came vp the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not Dauid hide himselfe with vs in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the South of Ieshimon?

Now therefore, O king, come downe according to all the desire of thy soule to come downe, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the kings hand.

And Saul said, Blessed be yee of the Lord, for yee haue compassion on me.

Goe, I pray you, prepare yet, and know, and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seene him there: for it is told mee that he dealeth very subtilly.

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himselfe, and come ye againe to me with the certainty, and I will goe with you: and it shall come to passe, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Iudah.

And they arose, & went to Ziph before Saul: but Dauid and his men were in the wildernesse of Maon, in the plaine on the South of Ieshimon.

Saul also and his men went to seeke him, and they told Dauid: wherefore he came downe into a rocke, and abode in the wildernesse of Maon: and when Saul heard that, he pursued after Dauid in the wildernes of Maon.