Psalms 48:5
(48-6) They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
In Context
4(48-5) For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together.
6(48-7) Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.
Cross References
Exodus 14:25And He took off their chariot wheels, and made them to drive heavily; so that the Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.'
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said one to another: 'Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.'
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed:
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 →