Corresponding Psalms (59, 34, 57)

So, I'm going to backtrack a little and cover some of the Psalms that are associated with David's life according to the chronological Bible readings

For all the psalms, I will be using English translations as my French vocabulary cannot handle all the obscure words used in the psalms.

Psalm 59

Date - Saul sent soldiers to David's house (likely 1 Samuel 19)

In the story, God turned Saul or his men into prophets on multiple occasions. In the psalm, we get a sense of David's fear. The men are like wolves in the night. Perhaps they came at night to ambush him. David calls on God to save him and then rejoices.

David also says that people will know that God reigns in Israel. This stands out to me because David is being pursued by Saul in Israel at this time.

Psalm 34

Date - after David's first visit to Gath and he pretended to be crazy

The Psalm focuses on God saving those that fear God. It also mentions that those that fear God will lack no good thing and that the angel of the Lord is a guard who fights off bad things.

I find it odd that this Psalm is associated with David pretending to be crazy because it seemed like David was relying on himself and not God by pretending to be crazy. That said, the Philistines did not kill him, which we can accredit to God.

Psalm 57

Date - after David has fled to the cave

The Psalm reminds is another one of refuge in God. David mentions how weary he is. He has been on the run for a while now and has resorted to living in saves. That would suck.

It mentions something about the enemies setting a trap for David, but they themselves falling it. I wonder if this is a veiled reference to Saul going into the same cave with David. If not, the psalm seems to have no indication about the incident where Saul entered the cave. Thus, I would think it was written before Saul came into it and David is writing about how weary he is.