Psalms 48:7
They that trust in their strength, 1 And boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth— 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6Wherefore should I fear in the evil day? 1 The iniquity of my heel shall compass me. 1
8A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? 1 He shall not give to God a ransom for himself, 1
Cross References
Exodus 15:14The nations heard and were angry, pangs have seized on the dwellers among the Philistines. 1
Isaiah 13:8The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame.
Ezekiel 27:25Ships were thy merchants, in abundance, with thy trading population: and thou wast filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.
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 →