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1 Kings 12:13

Now therefore your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Nunc ergo præsto est rex vester, quem elegistis et petistis : ecce dedit vobis Dominus regem.
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὃν ἐξελέξασθε, καὶ ἰδοὺ δέδωκεν Κύριος ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς βασιλέα.
Hebrew (WLC): וְעַתָּ֗ה הִנֵּ֥ה הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר שְׁאֶלְתֶּ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ

Haydock's commentary

Desired. St. Augustine (in Psalm li.) considers this as a kind of sarcasm. (Calmet)

You will see what advantages you will derive from your choice. (Menochius)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.