Psalms 48:7
(48-8) With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6(48-7) Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
1 Kings 22:48(22-49) Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
Isaiah 13:8And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.
Ezekiel 27:25The ships of Tarshish brought thee tribute for thy merchandise; so wast thou replenished, and made very heavy in the heart of the seas.
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 →