King James Version · The united kingdom
Psalms 27
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. is my and my ; whom shall I fear? is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When , even mine and my , came upon me to eat up my , they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I of , that will I seek after; that I may in the all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of , and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a . And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine round about me: therefore will I offer in his of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing unto . Hear, O , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye ; said unto thee, Thy , , will I seek. Hide not thy far from me; put not thy servant away in : thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O of my . When and my mother forsake me, then will take me up. Teach me thy way, O , and lead me in a plain path, because of mine . me not over unto the will of mine : for false are up against me, and such as breathe out . I had fainted, unless I had to see the goodness of in the land of the living. Wait on : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine : wait, I say, on .
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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