King James Version · The united kingdom
Psalms 94
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O , to whom belongeth; O , to whom belongeth, shew thyself. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. , how long shall , how long shall triumph? How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of boast themselves? They break in pieces thy people, O , and afflict thine heritage. They the and the , and . Yet they say, shall not see, neither shall the of regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be ? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? knoweth the of man, that they are . is the man whom thou chastenest, O , and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until be digged for . For will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his . But shall return unto : and all the upright in shall follow it. Who will rise up for me against the ? or who will stand up for me against the workers of ? Unless had been my help, had almost dwelt in silence. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O , held me up. In of my within me thy comforts delight . Shall of have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the of , and condemn the innocent . But is my defence; and my is of my refuge. And he shall bring upon them their own , and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, our shall cut them off.
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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