World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 94
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, you to whom belongs, you to whom belongs, shine out. Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. , how long will , how long will triumph? They pour out arrogant words. All the boast. They break your people in pieces, , and afflict your heritage. They kill the and , and . They say, " will not see, neither will consider." Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be ? He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see? He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows. knows the of man, that they are futile. is the man whom you , , and teach out of , that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until is dug for . For won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his . For will return to . All the upright in shall follow it. Who will rise up for me against ? Who will stand up for me against the ? Unless had been my help, would have soon lived in silence. When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your , , held me up. In of my within me, your comforts delight . Shall of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by ? They gather themselves together against the of , and condemn the innocent . But has been my high tower, my , of my refuge. He has brought on them their own , and will cut them off in their own wickedness. , our , will cut them off.
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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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