Psalms 48:6

6 Trembling took hold of them. They felt pain like a woman giving birth to a baby.

Psalms 48:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 48:6

Fear took hold upon them there
That is, either when they came up to the city, and passed by it, and saw what they did; or, as Kimchi observes, in the place where they thought to have made a great slaughter; that is, in Armageddon, ( Revelation 16:16 ) ; so upon the slaughter of the seven thousand names of men, or men of name and renown, such as the kings here assembled, the remnant will be frightened, ( Revelation 11:13 ) ;

[and] pain, as of a woman in travail;
this figure is made use of elsewhere, when the destruction of Babylon and the coming of Christ are spoken of; see ( Isaiah 13:8 ) ( 1 Thessalonians 5:2 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ) .

Psalms 48:6 In-Context

4 Many kings joined forces. They entered Israel together.

5 But when they saw Mount Zion, they were amazed. They ran away in terror.

6 Trembling took hold of them. They felt pain like a woman giving birth to a baby.

7 Lord, you destroyed them like ships of Tarshish that were torn apart by an east wind.

8 What we heard we have also seen. We have seen it in the city of the LORD who rules over all. We have seen it in the city of our God. We have heard and seen that God makes her secure forever. "Selah"