David Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Psalms=== [[File:Paris psaulter gr139 fol1v.jpg|thumb|David Composing the Psalms, [[Paris Psalter]], 10th century<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Caqa12aj55wC|title=The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843β1261|editor1=Helen C. Evans|editor2=William W. Wixom|date=5 March 1997|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=5 March 2018|via=Internet Archive|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Caqa12aj55wC/page/n114 86]|isbn=9780870997778}}</ref>]] The [[Book of Samuel]] calls David a skillful harp (lyre) player<ref>{{bibleref2|1 Samuel|16:15β18|NIV}}</ref> and "the sweet psalmist of Israel."{{efn|1=Other translations say, "the hero of Israel's songs", "the favorite singer of Israel", "the contented psalm writer of Israel", and "Israel's beloved singer of songs".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/23-1.htm |title=2 Samuel 23:1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727014338/http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/23-1.htm |archive-date=2017-07-27 }}</ref>}} Yet, while almost half of the [[Psalms]] are headed "A Psalm of David" (also translated as "to David" or "for David") and tradition identifies several with specific events in David's life (e.g., [[Psalm 3|Psalms 3]], [[Psalm 7|7]], [[Psalm 18|18]], [[Psalm 34|34]], [[Psalm 51|51]], [[Psalm 52|52]], [[Psalm 54|54]], [[Psalm 56|56]], [[Psalm 57|57]], [[Psalm 59|59]], [[Psalm 60|60]], [[Psalm 63|63]] and [[Psalm 142|142]]),<ref>Commentary on II Samuel 22, The Anchor Bible, Vol. 9. ''II Samuel''. [[P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.]], 1984. New York: Doubleday. {{ISBN|0-385-06808-5}}</ref> the headings are late additions and no psalm can be attributed to David with certainty.<ref name="McKenzie_on_David">{{cite web |url=http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/McKensie_020301.shtml |author=Steven McKenzie |title=King David: A Biography |website=The Bible and Interpretation |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-06-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120621040818/http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/McKensie_020301.shtml}}</ref> Psalm 34 is attributed to David on the occasion of his escape from [[Abimelech]] (or King [[Achish]]) by pretending to be insane.<ref>Psalm 34, ''Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament'', Kohlenberger, J.R, 1987. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House {{ISBN|0-310-40200-X}}</ref> According to the parallel narrative in 1 Samuel 21, instead of killing the man who had exacted so many casualties from him, Abimelech allows David to leave, exclaiming, "Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?"<ref>{{bibleref2|1 Samuel|21:15|NIV}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page