Passage
And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'
Judges 16:13 (YLT)
Nearby Context
Judges 16:11 And he saith unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'
Judges 16:12 And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines <FI>are<Fi> upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.
Judges 16:13 And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'
Judges 16:14 And she fixeth <FI>it<Fi> with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines <FI>are<Fi> upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.
Judges 16:15 And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power <FI>is<Fi> .'
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "delilah", "saith", "samson", "hitherto", "thou", "hast", "played", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "delilah" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And Delilah taketh thick bands new ones..." into verse 14's "And she fixeth FI it Fi with...", so "delilah" and "saith" 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 "delilah" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.