Is the Amalekite flat out lying about killing Saul? Or did he finish off Saul's attempts to kill himself (see 1 Sam 31)? Either way, he thinks that it will impress David. It doesn't. Despite all the stuff Saul has done, David views him as God's king and sees it as God's responsibility to remove him, unlike the Amalekite who thinks he can accelerate God's plan and get a nice little reward out of it himself. Am I satisfied to let God do things in his time, or do I want to move things on at my own pace?
David then mourns for Saul and David, with a lament that people were supposed to learn and sing (v18). Is there a place in our church services to allow people to express grief, difficulty, pain, doubt? How can that be done?
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