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Psalm 48:5

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48:5As soon as they see,8 they are shocked;9

they are terrified, they quickly retreat.10

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Footnotes

  1. 8 The object of “see” is omitted, but v. 3b suggests that the Lord’s self-revelation as the city’s defender is what they see.
  2. 9 Heb “they look, so they are shocked.” Here כֵּן (ken, “so”) has the force of “in the same measure.”
  3. 10 The translation attempts to reflect the staccato style of the Hebrew text, where the main clauses of vv. 4–6 are simply juxtaposed without connectives.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;

they were in panic; they took to flight.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

they saw her and were astounded;

they fled in terror.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They looked and froze with fear;

they fled in terror.

NLTNew Living Translation

But when they saw it, they were stunned;

they were terrified and ran away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They themselves saw it, so they were astonished.

They were terrified; they ran off.

KJV 1900King James Version

They saw it, and so they marvelled;

They were troubled, and hasted away.