1 Samuel 12:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you.

¹⁸ And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.

¹⁹ And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.