Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
6. Trembling took hold of them there:
Pangs, as of a woman in travail.
Cp. Exo 15:14-15; and for the phrase though in a different connexion, Isa 33:14, “Trembling hath taken hold of the godless.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Fear took hold upon them there – Trembling seized them; they were filled with sudden consternation. That is, as soon as they saw the city, or had a distinct view of it, they became alarmed.
And pain – Distress; anguish. The distress arising from disappointed hopes, and perhaps from the apprehension of their own safety. They were filled with dismay.
As of a woman in travail – This comparison is often used in the Scriptures to denote the severest kind of pain. Compare Jer 4:31; Jer 6:24; Jer 13:21; Jer 22:23; Jer 30:6; Jer 49:24; Mic 4:9-10; Isa 53:11.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Partly at the tidings of Tirhakahs coming against them, 2Ki 19:9, and partly for that terrible slaughter of their army there, 2Ki 19:35.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Fear took hold upon them there,…. That is, either when they came up to the city, and passed by it, and saw what they did; or, as Kimchi observes, in the place where they thought to have made a great slaughter; that is, in Armageddon, Re 16:16; so upon the slaughter of the seven thousand names of men, or men of name and renown, such as the kings here assembled, the remnant will be frightened, Re 11:13;
[and] pain, as of a woman in travail; this figure is made use of elsewhere, when the destruction of Babylon and the coming of Christ are spoken of; see Isa 13:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Psa 48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
Ver. 6. Fear took hold upon them there ] By “so” in the former verse, and “there” in this, the shameful flight of these enemies is lively deciphered, and, as it were, pointed at with the finger. So Psa 14:5 , “There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.”
And pain as of a woman in travail
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fear: Exo 15:15, Exo 15:16, Isa 13:6-8, Dan 5:6
pain: Isa 21:3, Jer 30:6, Jer 30:7, Hos 13:13
Reciprocal: Gen 3:16 – in sorrow Exo 15:14 – hear Jos 2:24 – all the inhabitants Jos 8:20 – and they had 1Sa 28:5 – he was afraid 2Ch 14:14 – the fear Psa 65:8 – afraid Isa 13:8 – pangs Isa 19:16 – like Isa 26:17 – General Jer 6:24 – anguish Eze 30:4 – pain Dan 5:9 – changed Mat 28:4 – shake Mar 13:8 – sorrows Rom 8:22 – groaneth 1Th 5:3 – as