They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
Saul was going along one side of the mountain, and David and his men were on the other side, hurrying to get away from Saul. As Saul and his forces were closing in on David and his men to capture them,