King James Version · The united kingdom
Psalms 107
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O unto , for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the of say so, whom he hath from the hand of ; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. They wandered in in a solitary way; they found no city to in. Hungry and thirsty, their fainted in them. Then they cried unto in their trouble, and he them out of their distresses. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. Oh that men would for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the , and filleth the hungry with goodness. Such as sit and in the shadow of , being bound in affliction and iron; Because they rebelled against the words of , and contemned the of : Therefore he brought down their with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. Then they cried unto in their trouble, and he them out of their distresses. He brought them out of and the shadow of , and brake their bands in sunder. Oh that men would for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he hath broken the of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. Fools because of their , and because of their , are afflicted. Their abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the of . Then they cry unto in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. He sent his word, and healed them, and them from their destructions. Oh that men would for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! And let them the of , and declare his works with rejoicing. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of , and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the , they go down again to the depths: their is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. Then they cry unto in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their haven. Oh that men would for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt him also in of the people, and him in of the . He turneth rivers into a , and the watersprings into dry ground; A fruitful land into , for the wickedness of them that therein. He turneth into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. And there he maketh the hungry to , that they may prepare a city for habitation; And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. Again, they are minished and brought low through , affliction, and sorrow. He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in , where there is no way. Yet setteth he on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. shall see it, and rejoice: and all shall stop her . Whoso is , and will observe these things, even they shall understand the of .
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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