World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 118
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to , for he is good, for his endures . Let Israel now say that his endures . Let the house of now say that his endures . Now let those who say that his endures . Out of my distress, I called on . answered me with . is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in , than to put confidence in man. It is better to take refuge in , than to put confidence in princes. All the nations surrounded me, but in name I cut them off. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In name I indeed cut them off. They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning . In name I cut them off. You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but helped me. is my strength and song. He has become my . The voice of rejoicing and is in the tents of . " of does valiantly. of is exalted! of does valiantly!" I will not , but live, and declare works. has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to . Open to me the of . I will enter into them. I will to . This is the of ; will enter into it. I will to you, for you have answered me, and have become my . The stone which the builders rejected has become the . This is doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! us now, we beg you, ! , we beg you, send prosperity now. is he who comes in name! We have you out of house. is , and he has given us . Bind the with cords, even to the of the . You are my , and I will to you. You are my , I will exalt you. Oh to , for he is good, for his endures .
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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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