27 (Now the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistines: also upon the roof were about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson [a]played)

28 Then Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, I pray thee, think upon me: O God, I beseech thee, strengthen me at this time only, that I may be [b]at once [c]avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

29 And Samson laid hold on the two middle pillars whereupon the house stood, and on which it was borne up: on the one with his right hand, and on the other with his left.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 16:27 Or, was mocked.
  2. Judges 16:28 Hebrew, take one vengeance.
  3. Judges 16:28 According to my vocation which is to execute God’s judgments upon the wicked.

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