‘ And Samson said to them, “This time will I be blameless with regard to the Philistines when I do them a mischief.” '
Samson now determined on revenge. Previously he had killed ‘innocent' men, although as Philistines occupying his country they were not blameless. Yet he had clearly felt a certain sense of guilt. But now he felt that his ensuing actions would be more than fully justified and deserved, because they had stolen his wife from him. Once again he was exercising his God given judgeship and the purpose for which he had been set apart for Yahweh, something ever at the back of his mind, while at the same time ensuring that no blame could come on his countrymen.