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Psalms 48:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish. "
Psalms 48:7
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5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.
6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have 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.
9 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
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Psalms 48:1
"Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain."
Psalms 48:2
"Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King."
Psalms 48:3
"God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge."
Psalms 48:4
"For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together."
Psalms 48:5
"They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away."
Psalms 48:6
"Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail."
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