Now shall I, &c. — Because they have first provoked me by an irreparable injury: but although this may look like an act of private revenge; yet it is plain Samson acted as a judge (for so he was) and as an avenger of the publick injuries of his people.
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Judges 15:3
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.