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Psalms 48:5 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. "
Psalms 48:5
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God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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Psalms 48:1
"[[A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness."
Psalms 48:2
"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King."
Psalms 48:3
"God is known in her palaces for a refuge."
Psalms 48:4
"For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together."
Psalms 48:6
"Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail."
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