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A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.
Psalms 3:1
If I should be reminded of the difference between “A psalm of David” and “Of David a psalm”, the former, as in the passage just discussed, signifying that the Holy Spirit gave the initiative, then I would say, be that as it may, if David had not prepared himself for the reception of the Holy Spirit, it would not have come upon him.
Zohar, Terumah 26:255
The Sages taught
in a
baraita
that with regard to
all the songs and praise that David recited in the book of Psalms, Rabbi Eliezer says:
David
said them about himself.
They were the praises of an individual that were later transmitted to the community.
Rabbi Yehoshua says: He
originally
said them about the community.
He composed all of the psalms for the people, including those he wrote about himself.
And the Rabbis say: There are among these
psalms some that are
about the community…
Pesachim 117a:11-12
Another interpretation is as follows. R. Jose said: ‘Why does the text say, “after the death of the two sons of Aaron”, and not “after the death of Nadab and Abihu”, since we know they were his sons? The reason is to show that they had not yet emerged from the guardianship of their father, but they thrust themselves forward in his lifetime.’
Zohar, Achrei Mot 1:6
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