Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 48:7
7as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish with the east wind.
Psalms 48:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
- New International Version (NIV)You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.
Context of Psalms 48:7
5They looked and froze with fear; they fled in terror. 6Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor, as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish with the east wind. 8Just as we heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord of Armies, in the city of our God; God will establish it forever.Selah 9God, within your temple, we contemplate your faithful love.
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בְּר֥וּחַ קָדִ֑ים תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר אֳנִיּ֥וֹת תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 48:7
- Ezekiel 27:25Ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your goods. “‘So you became full and heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every splendid sea vessel.
- Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them my back and not my face on the day of their calamity.
Commentaries on Psalms 48:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish - Calmet thinks this may refer to the discomfiture of Cambyses, who came to destroy the land of Judea. "This is apparently," says he, "the same tempest which struck dismay into the land-forces of Cambyses, and wrecked his fleet which was on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea, opposite to his army near the port of Acco, or the Ptolemais; for Cambyses had his quarters at Ecbatana, at the foot of Mount Carmel; and his…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish - On the ships of Tarshish, see the notes on Isaiah 2:16. The allusion to these ships here may have been to illustrate the power of God; the ease with which he destroys that which man has made. The ships so strong - the ships made to navigate distant seas, and to encounter waves and storms - are broken to pieces with infinite ease when God causes the wind to sweep over the ocean. With so much ease God overthrows the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The ships of Tarshish were built for long voyages and represent human achievement (see also 2 Chronicles 9:21; Isaiah 2:16). Their destruction might be the event mentioned in 1 Kings 22:48.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. ships of Tarshish--as engaged in a distant and lucrative trade, the most valuable. The phrase may illustrate God's control over all material agencies, whether their literal destruction be meant or not.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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