King James Version · The united kingdom
Psalms 68
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To the , A Psalm or Song of . Let arise, let his be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the , so let at the of . But let be glad; let them rejoice before : yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Sing unto , sing to his name: extol him that rideth upon by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. A of , and a judge of the , is in his habitation. setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious in a dry land. O , when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through ; : The earth shook, also dropped at the of : even Sinai itself was moved at the of , the of Israel. Thou, O , didst send a plentiful , whereby thou didst confirm thine , when it was weary. Thy hath dwelt therein: thou, O , hast prepared of thy goodness for . gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the of a covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. When scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. The hill of is as the hill of ; an high hill as the hill of . Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which desireth to in; yea, will in it for ever. The chariots of are twenty thousand, even thousands of : is among them, as in Sinai, in the place. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led : thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that might among them. be , who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the of our . . He that is our is the of ; and unto belong the issues from . But shall wound the head of his , and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. said, I will bring again from , I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: That thy foot may be dipped in of thine , and of thy dogs in the same. They have seen thy goings, O ; even the goings of my , my King, in . The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. ye in the congregations, even , from the fountain of Israel. There is little with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of , and the princes of . Thy hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O , that which thou hast wrought for us. Because of thy temple at shall kings bring presents unto thee. Rebuke the company of spearmen, of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. Princes shall come out of ; shall soon stretch out her hands unto . Sing unto , ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing unto ; : To him that rideth upon of , which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. Ascribe ye strength unto : his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. O , thou art terrible out of thy places: the of Israel is he that giveth strength and unto his people. be .
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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