Psalms 48:7
With the east wind 1 you break the ships of Tarshish. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6Trembling took hold of them there, 1 pain as when a woman is in labor. 1
Cross References
Exodus 15:14The peoples will hear, and they will tremble; 1 terror will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. 1
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built oceangoing ships; they were to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.
Isaiah 13:8They will be terrified; pain and agony will seize them, like a woman in labor. 1 They will look in astonishment at one another; their faces will be aflame. 1
Ezekiel 27:25The ships of Tarshish were the transporters of your merchandise! 1 So you were filled up, heavily laden with cargo in the heart of the seas! 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 →