wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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...
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 ha...
7. By the east wind (194) thou breakest in pieces the ships of Tarshish Commentators are divided in their view of this passage. (195) B...
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 Camb...
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...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind - implying God's omnipotence; ju...
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...
Ships of Tarshish ] a general phrase for large sea-going vessels. Tarshish was somewhere in the western Mediterranean, perhaps in Spain. Sennacherib...
Breakest. — It is natural at first sight to connect this verse immediately with the disaster which happened to the fleet of Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 2...
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 tri...
“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...
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 experi...
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...
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 se...
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...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish , &c. Thou didst no less violently and suddenly destroy these raging enemies of Jerusalem, than sometimes th...
The Beauty and Strength of Zion. A song and psalm for the sons of Korah....
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 Jerus...
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 nat...
INTRODUCTION Superscription . “ A Song and Psalm .” “It is not easy,” says Barnes, “to account for this double appellation, or to distinguish betwe...
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 destruct...
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...
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. It is not every Psalm that is a song, for some Psalms are full of sorrow and it is not every song that is a P...
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 Assyria...
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...
EXPOSITION HERE we have another psalm of thanksgiving for a deliverance, but not apparently for the same deliverance as gave occasion for eith...
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 ble...
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish, the largest and most valuable merchant ships of those days, with an east wind, and so the mightiest enemies ha...
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 wit...
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.