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Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.

With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.

As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.

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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.