Psaume 48:7

7 Là un tremblement les a saisis, une angoisse comme celle de la femme qui enfante;

Psaume 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 ) .

Psaume 48:7 In-Context

5 Car voici, les rois s'étaient donné rendez-vous; ils s'étaient avancés ensemble.

6 L'ont-ils vue? Frappés de stupeur, éperdus, ils se sont enfuis à la hâte.

7 Là un tremblement les a saisis, une angoisse comme celle de la femme qui enfante;

8 Ainsi par le vent d'orient tu brises les navires de Tarsis.

9 Ce que nous avions entendu, nous l'avons vu, dans la ville de l'Éternel des armées, dans la ville de notre Dieu; Dieu la maintient à jamais. (Sélah.)