Psalms 48:7
trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:
8With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14Nations rose up, and were angry: sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of Philisthiim.
1 Kings 22:48And there was then no king appointed in Edom.
Isaiah 13:8And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
Ezekiel 27:25The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy merchandise : and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly 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 →