|Psalm|Incident|References| |---|---|---| |3|David flees from and battles Absalom|2 Samuel 15–17| |7|The words of Cush, a Benjaminite (persecution by Saul?)|Unknown| |18|David delivered from enemies and from Saul|2 Samuel 22| |30|Dedication of the temple|Nothing in David’s lifetime; cf. 1 Kings 8:63| |34|David delivered from danger by feigning madness in the presence of King Achish of Gath|1 Sam. 21:12–22:1| |51|Nathan confronts David about his adultery with Bathsheba|2 Samuel 11–12| |52|Doeg the Edomite tells Saul that David went to the house of Ahimelech|1 Sam. 22:9–19| |54|The Ziphites tell Saul that David is hiding among them|1 Sam. 23:19| |56|The Philistines seize David in Gath|1 Sam. 21:10–11| |57|David flees from Saul into a cave|1 Sam. 22:1 or 24:3| |59|Saul sends men to watch David’s house in order to kill him|1 Sam. 19:11| |60|David’s victory over Transjordan|2 Sam. 8:1–14| |63|David in the desert of Judah|2 Samuel 15–17?; 1 Sam. 23:14–15?| |142|David flees from Saul into a cave|Same as Psalm 57|