1 Samuel 12:16-20

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁶ Even now, ^(A)take your stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes. ^17 (B)Is it not the wheat harvest today? ^(C)I will call to the Lord, that He may send ^[a]thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that ^(D)your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord by asking for yourselves a king.” ¹⁸ So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent ^[b]thunder and rain that day; and ^(E)all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

¹⁹ Then all the people said to Samuel, “^(F)Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins ^(G)this evil by asking for ourselves a king.” ²⁰ Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet ^(H)do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.