Psalms 48:7
With a wind from the east
What it says
An east wind shattered them like ships of Tarshish.
What it is doing
This verse uses vivid imagery for decisive divine ruin.
In context
1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 2Beautiful in loftiness, 3God is in her citadels; 4For behold, the kings assembled; 5They saw and were astounded; 6Trembling seized them there, 7With a wind from the east 8As we have heard, so we have seen 9Within Your temple, O God, 10Your name, O God, like Your praise, 11Mount Zion is glad, 12March around Zion, encircle her, 13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, 14For this God is our God forever and ever;