1 Samuel 12:22 YLT

²⁰  And Samuel saith unto the people, 'Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah -- and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

²¹  and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they 'are' vain,

²²  for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.

²³  'I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;

²⁴  only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;