Here is, I. The prevalency of David’s fear, which was the effect of the weakness of his faith (1 Sam. 27:1): He said to his heart (so it may be read), in his communings with it concerning his present condition, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul . He represented to himself the restless rage and malice of Saul (who could not be wrought into a reconciliation) and the treachery of his own...