It grieved Samuel - "Samuel was angry, or displeased," as Jonah was (Jonah 4:1), and for a similar reason. It seemed a slur on h…

It repenteth me ... —“God does not feel the pain of remorse (says St. Augustine in Psalm 131:0), nor is He ever deceived,…

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king
Which is not to be understood of any change of mind, counsel, pur…

Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a change of method. The change was in Saul; He is turned back from following me.…