Psalm 48:6

6 Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of ¹a woman in childbirth.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 48:6 In-Context

4 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

5 They saw it, then they were amazed; They were terrified, they fled in alarm.

6 Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.

7 With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish.

8 As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God; God will establish her forever . Selah.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 13:8

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "Trembling"