Lord, Remember Me

Samson went to Gaza. The men waited at the gate all night. At midnight Samson pulled up the doors of the gate, posts and all, and carried them to a hilltop.

Samson loved Delilah. The lords of the Philistines each offered her eleven hundred pieces of silver to learn his strength. Samson lied three times, about green cords, new ropes, and weaving his hair. She pressed him daily. Then he told her all his heart. While he slept, his seven locks were shaved, and Yahweh departed from him. The Philistines took away his sight and made him grind at the mill.

But the hair of his head began to grow again. At a feast for Dagon, the Philistines called Samson to entertain them. He stood between the pillars. He called to Yahweh, Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me. He pushed the pillars, and the house fell. Samson died with the Philistines. He had judged Israel twenty years.