Psalm 35 - a relatively longer psalm where David cries out to God for salvation from his enemies. It focuses a bit longer on his enemies than other psalms but does wind back at the end and say that God will win. In the middle, it has a few verses where God's angel fights David's enemies.
Psalm 36 - this one's them is to contrast the wicked people with the righteous ones. The righteous ones commune with God while the wicked ones plot evil.
Psalm 37 - similar to 36, this contrasts wicked people with righteous ones. In this one, the focus is on the blessing of the righteous (receiving pastures, inheriting land) and that the wicked will be forgotten. The language focuses on a present day blessing, but I'm not sure if this is supposed to be coded language for an afterlife blessing or punishment (ex. "all sinners will be destroyed" v. 38). Regardless of how literal or symbolic it is supposed to be, it does showcase David's confidence in God to do other things besides slay his enemies.
Psalm 38 - David begs God to come help him, but in an unusual twist for the psalms, there is no uplift at the end. It also seems that David feels that he is being punished by God ("your arrows have pierced me", v. 2). He uses physical ailments to describe how bad he feels, but it is unclear if these are literal or symbolic. It sounds like he is on his deathbed, but we have seen David be melodramatic in the past.
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