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[a]Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as of (A)a woman in childbirth.
With the (B)east wind
You (C)break the (D)ships of Tarshish.
As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God;
God will (E)establish her forever. [b]Selah.

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  1. Psalm 48:6 Lit Trembling
  2. Psalm 48:8 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude

Trembling seized(A) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.(B)
You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish(C)
    shattered by an east wind.(D)

As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.