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Psalms 107
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to , for he is good, for his endures . Let the by say so, whom he has from the hand of the adversary, and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. They wandered in in a way. They found no city to live in. Hungry and thirsty, their fainted in them. Then they cried to in their trouble, and he them out of their distresses. He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in. Let them for his , for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! For he satisfies the . He fills the hungry with good. Some sat and in the shadow of , being bound in affliction and iron, because they rebelled against the words of , and condemned the of . Therefore he brought down their with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help. Then they cried to in their trouble, and he them out of their distresses. He brought them out of and the shadow of , and broke away their chains. Let them for his , for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! For he has broken the of bronze, and cut through bars of iron. Fools are afflicted because of their , and because of their . Their abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the of . Then they in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses. He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their . Let them for his , for his wonderful deeds to the children of men! Let them offer the of , and declare his deeds with singing. Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters, these see deeds, and his wonders in the deep. For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. They mount up to ; they go down again to the depths. Their melts away because of trouble. They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. Then they in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their haven. Let them for his , for his wonderful deeds for the children of men! Let them exalt him also in of the people, and him in the seat of the . He turns rivers into a , water springs into a thirsty ground, and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who in it. He turns a into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in, sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase. He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease. Again, they are diminished and through , trouble, and sorrow. He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. Yet he lifts out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock. The upright will see it, and be glad. All will shut their mouths. Whoever is will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of .
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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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