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Psalms 22
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; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by . My , my , why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My , I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent. But you are , you who inhabit the of Israel. Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you them. They cried to you, and were . They trusted in you, and were not disappointed. But I am a worm, and no man; a of men, and despised by the people. All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their . They shake their heads, saying, "He trusts in . Let him him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him." But you brought me out of the . You made me while at my mother's breasts. I was thrown on you from my mother's . You are my since my mother bore me. Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help. Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of have encircled me. They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring. I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. is like wax. It is melted within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My sticks to the roof of my . You have brought me into of . For dogs have surrounded me. A company of have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me. They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing. But don't be far off, . You are my help. Hurry to help me! from , my precious life from the of the dog. me from the lion's ! Yes, you have rescued me from the of the wild oxen. I will declare your name to my brothers. Among , I will you. You who , him! All you of , him! Stand in awe of him, all you of Israel! For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of , neither has he hidden from him; but when he cried to him, he heard. My of you comes in the great . I will pay my before those who fear him. The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall who seek after him. Let your live . All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to . All the relatives of the nations shall before you. For is . He is the ruler over the nations. All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and . All those who go down to shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his alive. Posterity shall him. Future generations shall be told about . They shall come and shall declare his to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
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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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