World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 27
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By . is my and my . Whom shall I fear? is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When came at me to eat up my , even my and my , they stumbled and fell. Though an army should encamp against me, shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident. One thing I have asked of , that I will seek after: that I may in house all the days of my life, to see beauty, and to inquire in his temple. For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his , he will hide me. He will lift me up on a . Now my head will be lifted up above around me. I will offer of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing to . Hear, , when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me. When you said, "," said to you, "I will seek your , ." Don't hide your from me. Don't put away in . You have been my help. Don't abandon me, neither forsake me, of my . When and my mother forsake me, then will take me up. Teach me your way, . Lead me in a straight path, because of . Don't me over to the of my , for false have up against me, such as breathe out . I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of in the land of the living. . Be strong, and let take courage. Yes, .
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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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