King James Version · The united kingdom
Psalms 106
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ye . O unto ; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of ? who can shew forth all his ? are they that keep , and he that doeth at all times. Remember me, O , with the that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy ; That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may with thine . We have with our fathers, we have committed , we have done wickedly. Our fathers understood not thy wonders in ; they remembered not of thy ; but provoked him at the sea, even at . Nevertheless he them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty to be known. He rebuked also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through . And he them from the hand of him that hated them, and them from the hand of . And the waters covered their : there was not one of them left. Then they his words; they sang his . They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his : But lusted exceedingly in , and in . And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their . They envied also in the camp, and the saint of . The earth opened and swallowed up , and covered the company of . And a was kindled in their company; the flame burned up . They made a calf in , and the molten . Thus they changed their into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. They forgat their , which had done great things in ; Wondrous works in the land of , and terrible things by . Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his , lest he should destroy them. Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they not his word: But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto . Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in : To overthrow their also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. They joined themselves also unto , and ate the of . Thus they provoked him to with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. Then stood up , and executed : and so the plague was stayed. And that was counted unto him for unto all generations for evermore. They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with for their sakes: Because they provoked his , so that he spake unadvisedly with his . They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they their idols: which were a snare unto them. Yea, they their sons and their daughters unto devils, And , even of their sons and of their daughters, whom they unto the idols of : and the land was polluted with . Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a with their own inventions. Therefore was the of kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own . And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. Their also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. Many times did he them; but they provoked him with their , and were brought low for their . Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: And he remembered for them his , and according to of his . He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them . us, O our , and gather us from among the heathen, to unto thy name, and to triumph in thy . be of Israel from to : and let all the people say, . ye .
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
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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