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[a]When they looked they were astounded;
    terrified, they were put to flight!(A)
Trembling seized them there,
    anguish, like a woman’s labor,(B)
As when the east wind wrecks
    the ships of Tarshish![b]

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Footnotes

  1. 48:6 When they looked: the kings are stunned by the sight of Zion, touched by divine splendor. The language is that of holy war, in which the enemy panics and flees at the sight of divine glory.
  2. 48:8 The ships of Tarshish: large ships, named after the distant land or port of Tarshish, probably ancient Tartessus in southern Spain, although other identifications have been proposed, cf. Is 2:16; 60:9; Jon 1:3.

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.