26 Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,000 men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing them.

Samson Is Avenged

28 (A)Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord [a]God, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once (B)be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:28 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord