World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 69
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. To the tune of "Lilies." By . me, , for the waters have come up to my neck! I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my . Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away. , you know my foolishness. My aren't hidden from you. Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, of Israel. Because for your sake, I have borne . has covered . I have become a to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children. For the of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who you have fallen on me. When I wept and I , that was to my . When I made my clothing, I became to them. Those who sit in the talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. But as for me, my is to you, , in an acceptable time. , in the abundance of your , answer me in the truth of your . me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let shut its on me. Answer me, , for your is good. According to of your , turn to me. Don't hide your from , for I am in distress. Answer me speedily! Draw near to and it. me because of . You know my , my , and my dishonor. My are all before you. has broken , and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take , but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent. Pour out your on them. Let the fierceness of your overtake them. Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one in their tents. For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. Charge them with crime upon crime. Don't let them come into your . Let them be blotted out of the , and not be written with . But I am in pain and distress. Let your , , protect me. I will the name of with a song, and will magnify him with . It will please better than an ox, or a bull that has and hoofs. The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after , let live. For hears , and doesn't despise his people. Let and earth him; the seas, and everything that moves therein! For will , and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. The children also of his servants shall it. Those who love his name shall therein.
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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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