What a contrast of life. Saul is burning within himself. It is tearing him up that David, and not he, is getting all the notoriety. Saul wants the fame and honor of all the people. But he is not getting it.
Envy takes root right in the heart of man.
Saul now alienates himself from God as he becomes selfish, self-willed and full of his own pride. Envy is a sin that grows in the background of another's preeminence. The seed of envy is the fruit of another person's accomplishments. It is the dread that the accomplishments of others will reach above our own. This is exactly what Saul saw in his new rival David.