Psalms 48:5
I will incline mine ear to a parable: 1 I will open my riddle on the harp. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
In Context
4My mouth shall speak of wisdom; 1 And the meditation of my heart shall bring forth understanding. 1
6Wherefore should I fear in the evil day? 1 The iniquity of my heel shall compass me. 1
Cross References
Exodus 14:25and bound the axletrees of their chariots, and caused them to go with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great host: and each man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, 1 And the rulers gathered themselves together, 1 Against the Lord, and against his Christ; 1
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 →