Psalms 48:6
Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
In Context
5I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my case with the psaltery.
7Those who trust in their own strength and who glory in the multitude of their riches,
Cross References
2 Kings 7:7Therefore, they rose up and fled away in the dark. And they left behind their tents and horses and donkeys in the camp. And they fled, desiring to save so much as their own lives.
Isaiah 21:3Because of this, my lower back has been filled with pain, and anguish has possessed me, like the anguish of a woman in labor. I fell down when I heard it. I was disturbed when I saw it.
Daniel 5:6Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts disturbed him, and he lost his self-control, and his knees knocked against one other.
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 →