Judges 16:28 (LSB)

Passage

Then Samson called to Yahweh and said, “O Lord Yahweh, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Nearby Context

Judges 16:26 Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, that I may lean against them.”

Judges 16:27 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.

Judges 16:28 Then Samson called to Yahweh and said, “O Lord Yahweh, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Judges 16:29 Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house was established and supported himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

Judges 16:30 And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” And he bent with his strength so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he put to death by his death were more than those whom he put to death in his life.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "samson", "yahweh", "said", "lord", "please", and "remember". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "samson", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Now the house was full of men..." into verse 29's "Samson grasped the two middle pillars on...", so "called" and "samson" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "samson" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.