“And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.”
Samson declares righteous grievance—"Now I will be blameless in harming the Philistines." The Hebrew reframes vindictiveness as moral rectitude, permitting personal injury to become tribal warfare. This internalizes victimhood into collective action. The phrase "when I do them harm" uses covenant-breaking language. Samson cloaks vendetta in divine retaliation's garments, obscuring that personal passion, not justice, drives his actions.
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