Psalms 48:7
By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
In Context
6Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
Cross References
Exodus 15:14Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia.
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.
Isaiah 13:8And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames — their faces!
Ezekiel 27:25Ships of Tarshish [are] thy double walls of thy merchandise, And thou art filled and honoured greatly, In the heart of the seas.
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 →