David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
      III. God defending him, as his powerful protector. God delivered him not into Saul's hand, as Saul hoped (1 Samuel 23:7; 1 Samuel 23:7); and, unless God delivered him into his hand, he could not prevail against him, John 19:11.