Psalms 48:8
\48:7\By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.
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7\48:6\Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.
Cross References
Psalms 44:1To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.
Psalms 48:1A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 87:5And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
Micah 4:1But in the last days it will come about that the mountain of the Lord's house will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and peoples will be flowing to it.
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 →