1 Samuel

¹⁶Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. ¹⁷Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. ¹⁸So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. ¹⁹And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. ²⁰And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have indeed done all this evil: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; ²¹and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain. ²²For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you a people unto himself.