Song # 1074.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in chapter 15 in the Book of Judges that Samson takes his revenge out on the Philistines.
Samson went to visit his wife, but her father would not let him go in (Judges 15:1). “I was so sure you thoroughly hated her” said the father “that I gave her to your friend. Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead” (Judges 15:2). Samson said to them “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines, I will really harm them” (Judges 15:3). So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails (Judges 15:4), lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing corn of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing corn, together with the vineyards and olive groves (Judges 15:5). When the Philistines asked “Who did this?” they were told “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his friend.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death (Judges 15:6). Samson said to them “Since you’ve acted like this, I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you” (Judges 15:7). He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam (Judges 15:8). The Philistines went up and camped in Judah (Judges 15:9). The men of Judah asked “Why have you come to fight us?” “We have come to take Samson prisoner” they answered, “to do to him as he did to us” (Judges 15:10). Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us? What have you done to us?” He answered “I merely did to them what they did to me” (Judges 15:11). They said to him “We’ve come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said “Swear to me that you won’t kill me yourselves” (Judges 15:12). “Agreed,” they answered. “We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock (Judges 15:13). As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came upon him in power. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands (Judges 15:14). Finding a fresh jaw-bone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men (Judges 15:15). Then Samson said “With a donkey’s jaw-bone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jaw-bone I have killed a thousand men” (Judges 15:16). When he finished speaking, he threw away the jaw-bone (Judges 15:17).
Thought for today: God can do extraordinary things through ordinary people.
Thought for the future: you have all you need in life, when you have God in your life. Where will you spend your eternity?

See all the songs relating to Samson
# 1072.1- The Birth Of Samson
# 1073.1- Samson’s Marriage
# 1074.1- Samson’s Vengeance
# 1075.1- Samson And Delilah
# 1076.1- The Death Of Samson