Psalm 39 - this seems more philosophical than others. David seems depressed and feels God's punishment. It concludes by saying "look away from me" so that he might be happy.
Psalm 40 - this psalm waxes between praising God and calling on God to deliver him. It makes the curious statement that both his troubles and sins are numerous and "they" (not sure which) are more numerous than the hairs on his head.
Psalm 41 - David believes that God heals those that have mercy on the poor. Here, David seems to be stricken by a disease that people ("his enemies"?) seem to think that he will not recover from. Taken literally, he associates those that think he will die from the sickness as "his enemies", which seems melodramatic.
Psalm 53 - David seems to be waiting on God to strike his wicked enemies. I get the picture that his country has been overrun by enemies, but it might be a spiritual reference. For instance, maybe he is railing against priests of other gods leading his people astray.
Psalm 55 - David seems afraid of something and complains about lies running through the country. There is one possibility from the text - he seems to talk directly to someone other than God in the psalm and it sounds like he feels betrayed by this person. He had a lot of close people betray him after the Bathsheba incident.
Psalm 58 - David again seems to be waiting on God to strike the wicked. This time, he analogizes the wicked as an out of control cobra. He also gives interesting examples of what he wants God will do to them - knock out the teeth of the lions, let them be like a stillborn child, and a melting slug.
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