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Psalms 106
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! to , for he is good, for his endures . Who can utter the mighty acts of , or fully declare all his ? are those who keep . is one who does what is right at all times. Remember me, , with the that you show to your people. Visit me with your , that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may with your . We have with our fathers. We have committed . We have done wickedly. Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in . They didn't remember of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at . Nevertheless he them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty known. He rebuked also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a . He them from the hand of him who hated them, and them from the hand of . The waters covered their . There was not one of them left. Then they his words. They sang his . They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his , but gave in to in , and in the wasteland. He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their . They envied also in the camp, and , saint. The earth opened and swallowed up , and covered the company of . A was kindled in their company. The flame burned up . They made a calf in , and a molten . Thus they exchanged their for an of a bull that eats grass. They forgot , their , who had done great things in , wondrous works in the land of , and awesome things by . Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had , his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his , so that he wouldn't destroy them. Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't his word, but murmured in their tents, and didn't listen to voice. Therefore he to them that he would overthrow them in , that he would overthrow their among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. They joined themselves also to , and ate the of . Thus they provoked him to with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. Then stood up and executed , so the plague was stopped. That was credited to him for , for all generations to come. They angered him also at the waters of , so that was troubled for their sakes; because they were rebellious against his , he spoke rashly with his . They didn't destroy the peoples, as commanded them, but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. They their idols, which became a snare to them. Yes, they their sons and their daughters to . They , even of their sons and of their daughters, whom they to the idols of . The land was polluted with . Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds. Therefore burned with against his people. He abhorred his . He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. Their also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their , and were brought low in their . Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. He remembered for them his , and according to of his loving kindnesses. He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them . us, , our , gather us from among the nations, to to your name, to triumph in your ! be , the of Israel, from even to ! Let all the people say, "." !
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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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