Psalm 48:7

7 Los destruiste como a los poderosos barcos de Tarsis
que fueron despedazados por un potente viento del oriente.

Psalm 48:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 48:7

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with east wind.
] This is either another simile, expressing the greatness of the dread and fear that shall now seize the kings of the earth; which will be, as Kimchi observes, as if they were smitten with a strong east wind, which breaks the ships of Tarshish; and to the same purpose is the note of Aben Ezra; who says, the psalmist compares the pain that shall take hold upon them to an east wind in the sea, which breaks the ships; for by Tarshish is meant, not Tartessus in Spain, nor Tarsus in Cilicia, or the port to which the Prophet Jonah went and took shipping; but the sea in general: or else this phrase denotes the manner in which the antichristian kings, and antichristian states, wilt be destroyed; just as ships upon the ocean are dashed to pieces with a strong east wind: or it may design the loss of all their riches and substance brought to them in ships; hence the lamentations of merchants, and sailors, and ship masters, ( Revelation 18:15-19 ) .

Psalm 48:7 In-Context

5 Pero al verla, se quedaron pasmados;
se llenaron de miedo y huyeron.

6 El terror se apoderó de ellos
y se retorcieron de dolor como una mujer en parto.

7 Los destruiste como a los poderosos barcos de Tarsis
que fueron despedazados por un potente viento del oriente.

8 Habíamos oído de la gloria de la ciudad,
pero ahora la hemos visto en persona,
la ciudad del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.
Es la ciudad de nuestro Dios;
él hará que sea segura para siempre.
Interludio

9 Oh Dios, meditamos en tu amor inagotable
mientras adoramos en tu templo.