G-d weighs in

Crazy little find in Ireland.

Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog.

The approximately 20-page book has been dated to the years 800-1000. Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan said it was the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries.

"This is really a miracle find," said Pat Wallace, director of the National Museum of Ireland, which has the book stored in refrigeration and facing years of painstaking analysis  before being put on public display.

The book was found open to a page describing, in Latin script, Psalm 83, in which God hears complaints of other nations' attempts to wipe out the name of Israel. 
"There's two sets of odds that make this discovery really way out. First of all, it's unlikely that something this fragile could survive buried in a bog at all, and then for it to be unearthed and spotted before it was destroyed is incalculably more amazing." More at Breitbart

Here's the text of Psalm 83:

"O God, do not stand idly by, mute and inactive, O God! For thy enemies are ranting, and they who hate Thee carry their heads high. They shrewdly forge a plot against Thy people; they consult together against Thy precious ones.

They say, "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation, so that the name of Israel may no longer be remembered."

For they have conspired against a united heart; against Thee they make an alliance - the tents of Edom, the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, Gegal, Ammon, and Amelek, Philistia jointly with those who live in Tyre. Even Assyria has joined them; they have meant a strong support for the children of Lot.  Selah."

The rest of the psalm is a prayer that God will humiliate and destroy them, ending with an acknowledgement that God is "the Most High over all the earth."

The director of the National Museum of Ireland is quoted as saying that the find is a "miracle." More here Hat tip Pam

A miracle, indeed.

UPDATE: from Fausta Update Via The Anchoress,

In summary, the nations where the ten ancient people groups and tribes mentioned in Psalm 83 live today, are Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian territories within Israel. Read also Gina Cobb's post. Hat tip tOmP

Uncanny, indeed.

Comments

[SpiderMomma]

Reading that gave me chills. Reflects alot on the situation today!

By the way, first time posting here. Love the blog!

[Jakesgramma]

This is a timely article in light of the Irish find. I'm not Jewish but this writer is spot on. When the land of Israel turns to God, not to their own wisdom, then they will have complete victory over all their enemies. HERE

[Tyranno]

I have Mormom cousins who swear their book of the bible was found in a field in Kentucky ? ? ? Go figure

Tyranno

[Harcourt Fenton]

It is interesting that Psalm 83 is one of the 3 Psalms (the others being 130 and 142) that the Israeli Chief Rabbis have urged Israelis to read during the conflict (and which are traditionally read/prayed in times of trouble for the Jewish people).

[Shy Guy]

Yes, many of us have been saying these 3 Psalms every morning after prayer since the start of the Oslo War, for about 6 years now.

[Fausta]

As a side comment, the BBC article (link at my post) doesn't mention the Psalm.

[LadyG]

http://www.acwitness.org/psalm83english.html