King James Version
Psalms 48:5 in the King James Version says “They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.”
Psalms 48:5 · KJV
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“they were troubled”
H926to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e., (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
“and hasted away”
H2648properly, to start up suddenly, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, to fear
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