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Trembling seized them there—
pain as of a woman in labor.
With an east wind
you shatter[a] the ships of Tarshish.[b]
As we have heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God.
God will establish her forever. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:7 A few Hebrew manuscripts read “like an east wind that shatters”
  2. Psalm 48:7 That is, ships that can sail to Tarshish, i.e. well built, able to traverse great distances

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.