Psalms 48:7
\48:6\Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6\48:5\They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.
8\48:7\By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain.
1 Kings 22:48\22:47\At that time there was no king in Edom;
Isaiah 13:8Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.
Ezekiel 27:25Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory 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 →