World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 25
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By . To you, , I lift up . My , I have trusted in you. Don't let me be shamed. Don't let triumph over me. Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause. Show me your ways, . Teach me your . Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the of my . I wait for you all day long. , remember your and your , for they are from old times. Don't remember the of my youth, nor my . Remember me according to your , for your goodness' sake, . Good and upright is , therefore he will instruct in . He will guide the humble in . He will teach the humble his way. All the of are and truth to such as keep his and his testimonies. For your name's sake, , pardon my , for it is great. What man is he who fears ? He shall instruct him in that he shall choose. His will at ease. His will the land. The friendship of is with those who fear him. He will show them his . My eyes are ever on , for he will pluck my feet out of the net. Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses. Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my . Consider , for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred. Oh keep , and me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you. , Israel out of all his troubles.
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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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