Midrash su Salmi 11:1

Raba lectured: "What does the passage (Ps. 11, 1) In the Lord have I put my trust; how can ye say to my soul, flee to your mountain as a bird mean? i.e., David said before the Holy One, praised be He! 'Sovereign of the Universe! forgive me this sin so that people shall not say that your mounatin was lost through a bird'." (Fol. 107) Raba lectured: "What is the meaning of the following passage (Ps. 51, 6) Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in Thy eyes; in order that Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, and be in the right when Thou judgest, i.e., David said before the Holy One, praised be He! 'Sovereign of the Universe, it is known and revealed before Thee, that if I had desired to curb my passion, I would have succeeded, but I did not, so that people should not say that the servant conquered his master'." Raba lectured again: "What is the meaning of the passage (Ib. 38, 18) For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me. Bath Sheba was destined for David since the six days of creation; however, she came to him only through infliction." And so also it was taught at the college of R. Ishmael: Bath Sheba, the daughter of Eliam, was destined for David, but he enjoyed her as an unripe fruit. Raba lectured: "What is the meaning of the passage (Ps. 35, 15) But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; … they tear me, and cease not. Thus said David before the Holy One, praised be He! "Sovereign of the Universe, it is known and revealed before Thee that if they would tear my flesh the blood would not run. Even when they are occupied in the study of Negaim and Ahaloth they say to me: 'David, who is an adulterer, with what kind of a death must he be punished?' And I answered them: 'He is to be hanged; he, however, has a share in the world to come, but he who exposes his fellowmen to shame in public has no share in the world to come'."