“ Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. ”
Thou 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...
Thou breakest the ships (g) of Tarshish with an east wind. (g) That is, of Cilicia or of the Mediterranean sea.
XLVIII. A Psalm which Describes the Impression made on a Pilgrim by his Visit to Zion. Psalms 48:1 f. Praise of Zion. sides of the north is hard to comprehend. It has been explained as contras...
wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
7. By the east wind (194) thou breakest in pieces the ships of Tarshish Commentators are divided in their view of this passage. (195) But let us rest contented with the natural sense, w...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish - Calmet thinks this may refer to the discomfiture of Cambyses, who came to destroy the land of Judea. "This...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish, &c.— Or, like the east wind, which in a moment dasheth in pieces the ships of Tarshish. Green. I have added, says he, in a moment, because the east wi...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind - implying God's omnipotence; just as with thy blast thou breakest the largest ves...
This Ps. celebrates the safety and glory of Jerusalem, and the praise of her divine King. The deliverance He has wrought is vividly portrayed, and we can hardly fail to recognise that the overthrow o...
Breakest. — It is natural at first sight to connect this verse immediately with the disaster which happened to the fleet of Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:48-49 ; 2 Chronicles 20:36 ). And that event ma...
Psalms 48:1-14 THE situation seems the same as in Psalms 46:1-11 , with which this psalm has many points of contact. In both we have the same triumph, the same proud affection for the holy city a...
“The City of Our God” Psalms 48:1-14 This psalm also probably dates from 2 Chronicles 20:20 . Tekoa was only three hours' march from Jerusalem and commanded an extensive view, so that Psalms...
In Psa 46:1-11 the dominant note was of confidence, because of the government of God in the midst of His people. This is a song describing the experience resulting from such government. It is the ant...
All the powers of the world were confederate against Israel, when first God made her a church. And all the powers of the world were confederate when first the gospel was made known. Hell hath been up...
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 Kimc...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. Ver. 7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish ] i.e. Of the ocean, or of the Mediterranean Sea, Isaiah 2:16 ; Isaiah 23:1 ; Isaiah 23:6 ;...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish , &c. Thou didst no less violently and suddenly destroy these raging enemies of Jerusalem, than sometimes thou destroyest the ships at sea with a fierce and v...
The Beauty and Strength of Zion. A song and psalm for the sons of Korah. 1 Great is the L ORD , and greatly to b...
This is not reported as a matter of fact, for we read of no ships in those expeditions to which this Psalm relates, nor did any ships come near Jerusalem, because that was at a great distance from th...
The Nations Quail Before The Power of God In His Holy Hill ( Psalms 48:4-7 ). The glory of the dwellingplace of the Great God is such that the nations quail before Him. Though they may assemble th...
INTRODUCTION Superscription . “ A Song and Psalm .” “It is not easy,” says Barnes, “to account for this double appellation, or to distinguish between the meaning of these words, though probably t...
Psalms 48 There is one event, and only one, in Jewish history which corresponds point for point to the details of this Psalm the crushing destruction of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib. We may...
Psalms 48:1-3 . Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the side...
Title. A psalm for the sons of Korah. Asaph being dead, and his sons not named, we infer that the psalm, as many think, was composed on the Assyrian invasion; for then God was truly great in Zion,...
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. A song of deliverance The psalm has manifestly some historical basis. What is it? The psalm gives these points--a formidable muster before Jerusale...
EXPOSITION HERE we have another psalm of thanksgiving for a deliverance, but not apparently for the same deliverance as gave occasion for either of the two preceding psalms. Israel had now bee...
Zion as a Type of the Christian Church. A song and psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number to set forth the privileges and blessings of God's dominion in His Church.
1 Kings 22:48 ; Ezekiel 27:25 ; Ezekiel 27:26 ; Isaiah 2:16 ; Jeremiah 18:17
Breakest — Thou didst no less violently and suddenly destroy these raging enemies of Jerusalem, than sometimes thou destroyest the ships at sea with a fierce and vehement wind, such as the eastern...