David prayeth to be delivered from Saul and Doeg: he prayeth against them: he comforteth himself by confidence in God.
To the chief musician. A Psalm of David.
Title. לדוד מזמור למנצח lamnatseach mizmor ledavid.— There is no doubt but David wrote this psalm; and it is pretty generally agreed, that it was written under the persecution of Saul, and occasioned by the malicious and treacherous dealings of Doeg and the Ziphites.