Samson's Final Prayer

Illustration of Samson's Final Prayer

Samson's final prayer arises from the depths of captivity and blindness, as he turns once more to the Lord who had set him apart from birth. Beseeching God for strength to strike a decisive blow against the Philistines, he grasps the central pillars of their temple and brings the structure crashing down upon the idolatrous crowd and himself. This climactic moment underscores God's willingness to hear the cry of a repentant heart and to fulfill His redemptive purposes through even the most flawed instruments, securing a measure of deliverance for Israel.

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Samson

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The Prayer

Judges 16:28-30

A28nd Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

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