25-27 Then this: Everyone was feeling high and someone said, “Get Samson! Let him show us his stuff!” They got Samson from the prison and he put on a show for them.

They had him standing between the pillars. Samson said to the young man who was acting as his guide, “Put me where I can touch the pillars that hold up the temple so I can rest against them.” The building was packed with men and women, including all the Philistine tyrants. And there were at least three thousand in the stands watching Samson’s performance.

28 And Samson cried out to God:

Master, God!
    Oh, please, look on me again,
    Oh, please, give strength yet once more.

God!
    With one avenging blow let me be avenged
    On the Philistines for my two eyes!

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