Psalms 48:5
I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my case with the psaltery.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
In Context
4My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.
6Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.
Cross References
Exodus 14:25And he overturned the wheels of the chariots, and they were carried into the deep. Therefore, the Egyptians said: “Let us flee from Israel. For the Lord fights on their behalf against us.”
2 Kings 7:6For indeed, the Lord had caused them to hear, in the camp of Syria, the sound of chariots and horses, and a very numerous army. And they said one to another: “Behold, the king of Israel has paid wages to the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians against us. And they will overwhelm us.”
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
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 →