Then Samson prayed, "Sovereign LORD, please remember me; please, God, give me my strength just this one time more, so that with this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes."

The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows to kill the poor and needy, to slaughter those who do what is right;

but they will be killed by their own swords, and their bows will be smashed.

so that you may wade in their blood, and your dogs may lap up as much as they want."

You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.

I have seen the defeat of my enemies and heard the cries of the wicked.

Let them shout aloud as they praise God, with their sharp swords in their hands

to bind their kings in chains, their leaders in chains of iron;

Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?

They shouted in a loud voice, "Almighty Lord, holy and true! How long will it be until you judge the people on earth and punish them for killing us?"