Psalms 3: Confidence Amid a Son's Revolt

Set during Absalom's revolt against his father David, this psalm answers the many foes who say God will not help him. David confesses the Lord as his protector, sleeps and wakes in safety, asks God to rise and save him, and declares that deliverance comes from the Lord.

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According to the heading of Psalm 3, what situation was David in when he wrote it?

Hiding from King Saul in a desert caveMourning the death of his infant sonReturning from victory over the PhilistinesFleeing from his own son Absalom