Psalms 48:5
(48:6) They indeed saw—[and] so they were astonished; they were terrified, they were confounded.
Leeser Tanakh
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 were assembled, they are passed away together.
6(48:7) Trembling seized on them there, pain, as on a woman in travail.
Cross References
Exodus 14:25And he took off the wheels of their chariots, and caused them to move onward with difficulty; and 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 caused the camp of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, the noise of a large army: and they said one to the other, 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 raise themselves up, and 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 →