Psalms 48:7 meaning and explanation
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
Psalms 48:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Psalm 48 celebrates God as the defender of Jerusalem, and verse 7 pictures that defense with a vivid image. The "ships of Tarshish" were the great long distance trading vessels of the ancient world, proverbial for wealth and reach, and an east wind was the fierce desert wind that could shatter them.
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