Psalms 48:6
Wherefore should I fear in the evil day? 1 The iniquity of my heel shall compass me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
In Context
5I will incline mine ear to a parable: 1 I will open my riddle on the harp. 1
7They that trust in their strength, 1 And boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth— 1
Cross References
2 Kings 7:7And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, as they were, and fled for their lives.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman: I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hastened that I might not see.
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 →