World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 5
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, with the flutes. A Psalm by . Give ear to my words, . Consider my . Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my , for I to you. , in the morning you will . In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. For you are not a who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you. The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of . You will destroy those who speak lies. abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. But as for me, in the abundance of your I will come into your house. I will bow toward your temple in reverence of you. Lead me, , in your because of . Make your way straight before . For there is no in their . Their is . Their throat is an open . They flatter with their . Hold them guilty, . Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in of their , for they have rebelled against you. But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you. For you will . , you will surround him with as with a shield.
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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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