Psalms 48:7
With the east wind thou break the ships of Tarshish.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14The peoples have heard, they tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Isaiah 13:8And they shall be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows shall take hold. They shall be in pain as a woman in travail. They shall look in amazement one at another, their faces, faces of flame.
Ezekiel 27:25The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise. And thou were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
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 →