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

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

As we have [b]heard, so have we seen in the City of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:7 That is, of Cilicia, or of the sea called Mediterranean.
  2. Psalm 48:8 To wit, of our fathers: so have we proved: or God hath performed his promise.

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.