For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
Ver. 31. For he shall surely die.] Yea, but stay: "Unto God the Lord belong the issues of death"; Psa 68:20 and "My times are in thine hand," saith David, not in Saul's, whatever he may think of the matter: "the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand."