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Fear took hold of them;
    they hurt like a woman having a baby.
You destroyed the large trading ships
    with an east wind.

First we heard
    and now we have seen
that God will always keep his city safe.
    It is the city of the Lord All-Powerful,
    the city of our God. 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.