King James Version · The united kingdom
Psalms 25
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. Unto thee, O , do I lift up . O my , I in thee: let me not be , let not mine triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be : let them be which transgress without cause. Shew me thy ways, O ; teach me thy . Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the of my ; on thee do I wait all the day. Remember, O , thy and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Remember not the of my youth, nor my : according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O . Good and upright is : therefore will he teach in . The meek will he guide in : and the meek will he teach his way. All the of are unto such as keep his and his testimonies. For thy name’s sake, O , pardon mine ; for it is great. What man is he that feareth ? him shall he teach in that he shall choose. His shall at ease; and shall the earth. The secret of is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his . Mine eyes are ever toward ; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my . Consider mine ; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. O keep , and me: let me not be ; for I put my in thee. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. Israel, O , out of all his troubles.
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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