World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 102
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A of , when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before . Hear my , ! Let my cry come to you. Don't hide your from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call. For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch. is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. I am like a pelican of . I have become as an owl of the waste places. I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as . For I have eaten like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, because of your and your ; for you have taken me up and thrown me away. My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass. But you, , will ; your renown endures . You will arise and have mercy on , for it is time to have on her. Yes, the has come. For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have on her . So the nations will name, all the kings of the earth your . For has built up . He has appeared in his . He has responded to the of the destitute, and has not despised their . This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will , for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From , saw the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to , that men may declare name in , and his in , when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to . He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days. I said, "My , don't take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations. Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. are the work of your hands. They will , but you will . Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. But you are the same. Your years will have no end. The children of your servants will continue. Their will be established before you."
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The world at this moment · The united kingdom, 1050 BC to 931 BC ›
Saul, David, and Solomon. A rare window when both Egypt and Mesopotamia are weak, which is how a small kingdom in the corridor between them could briefly become a regional power.
- The power vacuum
- This is the whole political explanation for the united kingdom. Egypt is fragmented, Assyria is recovering but still local, the Hittites are gone, and nobody is in a position to object to a strong state in the corridor. It lasts about a century, and Israel's golden age fits exactly inside it.
- Phoenicia
- Tyre under Hiram is the commercial power of the coast, and supplies the cedar, the craftsmen, and the shipping for Solomon's building programme. The alliance is trade, not charity: Israel had grain and a land route, Tyre had timber and ships.
- Egypt
- Weak enough that a pharaoh gives a daughter in marriage to an Israelite king, which is the opposite of Egyptian practice in stronger centuries. Late in the era it recovers under a new house, and Shishak will invade within five years of Solomon's death.
- Further afield
- Greece is still in its dark age but beginning to recover, and will adopt the Phoenician alphabet within a century or two. Carthage is founded by settlers from Tyre by tradition in 814 BC. In the Americas the Olmec centre shifts to La Venta.
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