translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . The psalmist asks for God’s protection and expresses his confidence that his ferocious enemies will be destroyed by their own schemes.


text: According to the superscription, David wrote this psalm on the occasion when he fled from Saul and hid 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 .