Their steps even now encircle me; they watch closely, keeping low to the ground,
The wicked unsheath their swords; they string their bows To fell the poor and oppressed, to slaughter those whose way is upright.
Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
As Saul moved along one side of the gorge, David and his men took to the other. David was anxious to escape Saul, while Saul and his men were trying to outflank David and his men in order to capture them.