1 Kings 12:19
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.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et timuit omnis populus nimis Dominum et Samuelem, et dixit universus populus ad Samuelem : Ora pro servis tuis ad Dominum Deum tuum, ut non moriamur : addidimus enim universis peccatis nostris malum, ut peteremus nobis regem.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπαν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Σαμουήλ Πρόσευξαι ὑπὲρ τῶν δούλων σου πρὸς Κύριον θεόν σου, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν· ὅτι προστεθείκαμεν πρὸς πάσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν κακίαν, αἰτήσαντες ἑαυτοῖς βασιλέα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ כָל הָעָ֜ם אֶל שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הִתְפַּלֵּ֧ל בְּעַד עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ אֶל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ וְאַל נָמ֑וּת כִּֽי יָסַ֤פְנוּ עַל כָּל חַטֹּאתֵ֨ינוּ֙ רָעָ֔ה לִשְׁאֹ֥ל לָ֖נוּ מֶֽלֶךְ
Haydock's commentary
And Samuel, at whose prayer the Lord had sent such a storm, lest he should punish them as they deserved. But the prophet alleviates their fears, and teaches them to refrain from idolatry, and he will still continue to perform his duty in praying for them, and giving them good advice. (Salien)
The fear of God is increased by that which the people shew for his servants.
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.