Psalms 48:6
Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
In Context
5They themselves, saw, So, were they amazed, Dismayed—they hurried way!
7With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.
Cross References
2 Kings 7:7So they arose, and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses,—the camp, just as it was,—and fled for their lives.
Isaiah 21:3For this cause, are my loins filled with anguish, Pangs, have seized me, as the pangs of her that is giving birth,—I writhe so that I cannot hear, I tremble, so that I cannot see:
Daniel 5:6Then, as for the king, his bright looks, changed in him, and, his thoughts, terrified him,—and, the joints of his loins, were loosed, and, his knees, smote, one against another.
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 →