Judices 16:28

Nova Vulgata

At ille invocavit Dominum dicens: "Domine Deus, memento mei! Et redde mihi tantum hac vice fortitudinem pristinam, Deus, ut ulciscar me de Philisthim saltem pro uno duorum luminum meorum!".

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
At ille invocato Domino ait : Domine Deus, memento mei, et redde mihi nunc fortitudinem pristinam, Deus meus, ut ulciscar me de hostibus meis, et pro amissione duorum luminum unam ultionem recipiam.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
At ille invocato Domino ait: Domine Deus, memento mei, et redde mihi nunc fortitudinem pristinam, Deus meus, ut ulciscar me de hostibus meis, et pro amissione duorum luminum unam ultionem recipiam.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

called: 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15, Psalms 116:4, Lamentations 3:31, Lamentations 3:32, Hebrews 11:32

remember me: Psalms 74:18-23, Jonah 2:1, Jonah 2:2, Jonah 2:7, Jeremiah 15:15

that I may: Judges 5:31, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 143:12, 2 Timothy 4:14, Revelation 6:10

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:2 - Avenge Joshua 10:13 - until Judges 11:36 - forasmuch Esther 8:13 - avenge themselves Isaiah 40:31 - renew

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samson called unto the Lord,.... In an ejaculatory manner, by mental prayer; though he might possibly express it aloud, without being heard and observed by the people, amidst their noise and mirth; and if it was heard, it might only furnish out more ridicule and contempt; and be it as it may, the prayer must have been preserved by the Lord himself, and given by inspiration to the writer of this book; since there were none that heard it that lived to relate it to others, no, not Samson himself:

and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee; the office that I bear as judge of Israel, the reproaches cast upon me, and which fall upon thy people, cause, and interest; remember thy lovingkindness, formerly expressed to me, the gracious promises made unto me, and the help and assistance I have had from thee:

and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God; and it was a prayer of faith, as appears by its being heard, accepted, and answered; and shows that his strength did not come with his hair, but was owing to the immediate communication of it from the Lord:

that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes; once for all, and no more; take his last and final vengeance on them; or one vengeance for his two eyes, or vengeance for one of his two eyes; either senses will bear. This was said not from a private spirit of revenge for personal injuries; but as a civil magistrate, a judge of Israel, whose office it was to be a revenger, to execute wrath; and though he mentions only his own eyes, yet he suffered the loss of them, and every other indignity and injury, as a public person, the common enemy of the Philistines, and destroyer of their country, and protector of Israel; and in this character he now acted.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At once avenged - “i. e. with one final revenge.” These words do not breathe the spirit of the Gospel, but they express a sentiment, natural to the age, knowledge, and character of Samson.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 16:28. Samson called unto the Lord — It was in consequence of his faith in God that he should be strengthened to overthrow his enemies and the enemies of his country, that he is mentioned, Hebrews 11:32, among those who were remarkable for their faith.