Psalms 48:7
Those who trust in their own strength and who glory in the multitude of their riches,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.
8no brother redeems, nor will man buy back. He will not give to God his appeasement,
Cross References
Exodus 15:14Peoples rose up and became angry. Sorrows took hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
1 Kings 22:48At that time, there was no king appointed in Idumea.
Isaiah 13:8Writhing and pain will seize them. They will be in pain, like a woman in labor. Each one will appear stupefied to his neighbor. Their countenances will be like faces which have been burned up.
Ezekiel 27:25The ships of the sea were important to your business dealings. For you were replenished and exceedingly glorified in the heart of the sea.
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 →