Psalms 48:5
For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
In Context
4In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
6So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:
Cross References
Exodus 14:25And overthrew the wheels of the chariots, and they were carried into the deep. And the Egyptians said: Let us flee from Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against us.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army, and they said one to another: Behold the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians, and they are come upon us.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, 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 →