Psalms 48:5
They saw it, then were they amazed. They were dismayed, they hastened away.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
In Context
4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves. They passed by together.
6Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
Cross References
Exodus 14:25And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them with difficulty, so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.
2 Kings 7:6For LORD had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army. And they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
Matthew Henry on Psalms 48:2-8
The Beauty and Strength of Zion. 1 Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7… Read the whole commentary →