The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

But my horn shalt thou exalt like {the horn of} an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

And 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.

{Let} the high {praises} of God {be} in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; {mouth: Heb. throat}

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, {and} to slay such as be of upright conversation. {such...: Heb. the upright of way}

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of {thine} enemies, {and} the tongue of thy dogs in the same. {dipped: or, red}

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. {Is} not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. {Jasher: or, the upright?}

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.