Psalm 57:1

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam1 of David, uwhen he fled from Saul, vin the cave.

1  Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,

for in you my soul takes refuge;

win the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,

till the storms of destruction pass by.

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1 Samuel 22:1
David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.

1 Samuel 24:3
And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.

Psalm 142:1
A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. With my voice I cry out to the LORD; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.

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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]