Bible TimePsalm 60: Obama in Cairo
Planned since before the election, Barak Obama traveled to the middle east to deliver a major policy address to the Arab world.
Psalm 60
Theoretical Time:
- 13000-05-15 22:1:06 AA
- 2009-06-05 15:01:25 TMMT
- 2009-06-05 12:40:31 GMT
- 2009-06-05 08:40:31 EDT
26 Psalms 60
1God, you have forsaken us, you have scattered us, you have been displeased with us; turn yourself to us again.
2You have made the land tremble; you have broken it; heal its breaches, for it has weakened.
3You have shown your people hardships; you have made us to drink the dregs of wine.
4You have worked a miracle to those who reverence you, so that they need not flee from the bow.
5That your beloved may be prepared, save with your right hand, and hear me.
6God has spoken in his holiness: I will be strong, I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is also the strength of my head; Judah is my king.
8Moab is my washpot; over Edom I will levy tribute; over Philistia I will triumph.
9Who will lead me into Edom? Who will bring me into the strong city?
10For look, God, you have cast us off, and you did not go before us with our armies.
11Give us strength against our enemies; for vain is the help of man.
12Through God, we will do valiantly; for it is he who will tread down our enemies.
Obama In Cairo
His speech was delivered a day ahead of the theoretical time for this Psalm, but the response reverberated for days.
The Psalmist makes the point that certain territories belong to God himself. (Technically the whole world does, but in this case the story is limited to certain territories.)
Verse 4 suggests the miracle that is the restoration of modern Israel, the lost tribe of Benjamin being returned to his land. It is this event that the Arab peoples continue to grapple with over 60 years later.
Though there may be wars that cause people to think this will not endure, this restoration has been ordered from Heaven and will stand.
As president of the United States Obama is the leader of the lost tribe of Manasseh, who is also known as "man" having seen the replay of the fall of man in American politics in the summer of 1974. The Psalmist mocks the President's meddling. (See verse 11 and 12.)