1 Samuel 12:19-21

Darby Translation

¹⁹ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray to Jehovah thy God for thy servants, that we die not; for we have added to all our sins the wickedness to ask for ourselves a king.

²⁰ And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: *ye* have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart;

²¹ and turn ye not aside; for [it would be] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.