World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 71
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In you, , I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed. me in your , and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and me. Be to me a of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to me, for you are and my . Rescue me, my , from the hand of , from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For you are my , , my confidence from my youth. I have relied on you from the . You are he who took me out of my mother's . I will always you. I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge. My shall be filled with your , with your all day long. Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails. For talk about me. Those who watch for conspire together, saying, " has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him." , don't be far from me. My , hurry to help me. Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with and scorn who want to harm me. But I will always , and will add to all of your . My will tell about your , and of your all day, though I don't know its full measure. I will come with the mighty acts of . I will make mention of your , even of yours alone. , you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works. Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, , don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come. , your also reaches to . You have done great things. , who is like you? You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. Increase my and comfort me again. I will also you with the harp for your , my . I sing to you with the lyre, One of Israel. My shall shout for joy! , which you have , sings to you! My will also talk about your all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
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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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