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!

29-30 Then Samson reached out to the two central pillars that held up the building and pushed against them, one with his right arm, the other with his left. Saying, “Let me die with the Philistines,” Samson pushed hard with all his might. The building crashed on the tyrants and all the people in it. He killed more people in his death than he had killed in his life.

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