Bible verse

Psalm 48:5

They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

Psalm 48:5 · BSB

Psalm 48:5 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 48.

1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

4 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

7 With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

9 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

Read all of Psalm 48

Psalm 48:5 in other translations

KJV

They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.

ASV

They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.

ERV

They saw it, then were they amazed; they were dismayed, they hasted away.

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