Judges 15:18

“And he was sore athirst, etc.] Which Josephus f317 thinks came upon him as a rebuke unto him, for ascribing the victory he had obtained to his own strength, and not to the Lord, whereby he was shown his own weakness, and how easily his strength could be reduced; but for this there seems to be no foundation; it is not to wondered at, in a natural way, that he should be athirst after he had been bound with cords, after he had so exerted himself, and slain 1000 men with his own hand, and after he had celebrated this victory with a triumphant song; and it may also be observed, that it was so ordered in Providence, that he might in this be a type of the Messiah, who on the cross, as he was…”

“Sore a thirst - A natural effect of the great pains he had taken. And perhaps there was the hand of God therein, to chastise him for not making mention of God in his song, and to keep him from being proud of his strength. One would have thought that the men of Judah would have met him with bread and wine: but they so little regarded him, that he is fainting for want of a draught of water! Thus are the greatest slights often put upon those that do the greatest services! Shall I die - Wilt thou not finish what thou hast begun? Wilt thou undo what thou hast done. Judges 15:19”

“he was sore: Jdg 8:4; Psa 22:14, Psa 22:15; Joh 19:28; Co2 4:8, Co2 4:9 Thou hast given: Psa 3:7, Psa 3:8, Psa 18:31-40 shall: Gen 32:31; Co2 12:7, Co2 12:8 and fall: Gen 12:12, Gen 12:13, Gen 20:11; Sa1 27:1; Co2 1:8, Co2 1:9; Heb 11:32 the uncircumcised: Sa1 17:26, Sa1 17:36; Sa2 1:20 Judges 15:19”

“The pursuit of the Philistines, however, and the conflict with them, had exhausted Samson, so that he was very thirsty, and feared that he might die from exhaustion; for it was about the time of the wheat-harvest ( Jdg 15:1), and therefore hot summer weather. Then he called to the Lord, "Thou hast through (בּיד) "Thy servant given this great deliverance; and now I shall die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised!" From this prayer we may see that Samson was fully conscious that he was fighting for the cause of the Lord. And the Lord helped him out of this trouble. God split the hollow place at Lechi, so that water came out of it, as at Horeb and Kadesh ( Exo 17:6, and Num…”