Title. Maschil of David] Or, A psalm of David giving instruction. when he was in the cave] 1 Samuel 24:3. This psalm appears to be made after the deliverance here mentioned. See the like, Jonah 2:1. cried] Davids patience and instant prayer unto God condemneth their wicked rage; who, in their troubles, either despair, and murmure against God, or else seek to others rather then to God, to have redresse in their miseries. did I make my supplication] The word, prayer, in the originall, signifies a demanding of justice against his foes: crying, signifies earnestnesse: making supplication shews, that he sought for favour from God: complaint, or meditation, argues a preconsideration of what he prayed for: shewing, intends a laying open of his troubles orderly in fit words.