Psalms 48:6
Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
In Context
5They saw, so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:
7With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
Cross References
2 Kings 7:7And they rose up and fled in the dusk, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
Daniel 5:6Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
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 →