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Verse Psalms 48:7. _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 is apparently," says he, "the...
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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 he dest...
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Psalms 48
The Judgment of the Nations and the Millennium
_ 1. Jerusalem the city of the King (Psalms 48:1)_
2. The confederated nations scattered (Psalms 48:4)
3. The millennium ...
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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 contrasting Zio...
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WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
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Jehovah's revelation of Himself as Zion's protector in the recent
discomfiture of her enemies....
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With an east wind
Thou shatterest ships of Tarshish.
As he gazes upon the wreck of the Assyrian enterprise, the poet
apostrophises God with mingled awe and thankfulness. The language is
plainly meta...
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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 wind in t...
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PSALMS 48
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Jehovah Worthy to be Praised in his Holy City, whose History rebounds
to the Honour of her Shepherd-King, who will yet Lead Israel against
Death.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psa...
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_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
vessels ...
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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 of...
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SHIPS OF TARSHISH] a general phrase for large sea-going vessels.
Tarshish was somewhere in the western Mediterranean, perhaps in Spain.
Sennacherib's army was like a wrecked navy....
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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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; 2 Chronicles 20:36). And that event may
indeed h...
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_[Psalms 48:8]_ בְּ ר֥וּחַ קָדִ֑ים
תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר אֳנִיֹּ֥ות...
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Psalms 48:1
THE situation seems the same as in Psalms 46:1, with which this psalm
has many points of contact. In both we have the same triumph, the same
proud affection for the holy city and sanctuary...
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“THE CITY OF OUR GOD”
Psalms 48:1
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 48:4 were li...
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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
anth...
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Thou breakest the ships (g) of Tarshish with an east wind.
(g) That is, of Cilicia or of the Mediterranean sea....
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_They that trust, &c. As much as to say, let them fear, that trust in
their strength or riches; for they have great reason to fear: seeing
not brother, or other man, how much a friend soever, can by a...
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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...
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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, which is
simp...
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Psalms 48 completes this series. Jehovah is fully established as
Israel's God in Zion, now the praise of the whole earth, the city of
the great King, and in whose palaces God is well known as a refuge...
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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 Kimchi...
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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;...
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Psa. 48:7. "Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind." It
was by the gospel, which was as the light that cometh out of the east
and shineth to the west, whereby Satan's pagan kingdom in E...
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_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 veheme...
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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....
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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 have no chance of overcoming him, they cannot cope with...
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1-7 Jerusalem is the city of our God: none on earth render him due
honour except the citizens of the spiritual Jerusalem. Happy the
kingdom, the city, the family, the heart, in which God is great, in...
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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 the...
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Psalms 48:7 break H7665 (H8762) ships H591 Tarshish H8659 east H6921
wind H7307
breakest -...
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THE NATIONS QUAIL BEFORE THE POWER OF GOD IN HIS HOLY HILL (PSALMS
48:4).
The glory of the dwellingplace of the Great God is such that the
nations quail before Him. Though they may assemble themselves...
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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, wi...
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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 Psalm, for, alas! there are many songs that are mere...
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Psalms 48:1. _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 sides of...
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CONTENTS: Praise of the beauty and strength of Mount Zion, the city of
God.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: There is one city which is the world's star (Jerusalem),
the most precious pearl of...
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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, i...
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_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 Jerusalem of...
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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_ the...
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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 been delive...
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Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God,
in the mountains of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of
the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, th...
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1 Kings 22:48; Ezekiel 27:25; Ezekiel 27:26; Isaiah 2:16; Jeremi
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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 win...