When they saw [a]it, they marveled: they were astonied, and suddenly driven back.

Fear came there upon them, and sorrow, as upon a woman in travail.

As with an East wind thou breakest the ships [b]of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:5 The enemies were afraid at the sight of the City.
  2. Psalm 48:7 That is, of Cilicia, or of the sea called Mediterranean.

they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.(A)
Trembling seized(B) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(C)
You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish(D)
    shattered by an east wind.(E)

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