Text -- Psalms 48:5 (NET)

48:5 As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 48:5

¹ tn 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 tn Heb “they look, so they are shocked.” Here כֵּן (ken, “so”) has the force of “in the same measure.”

³ tn 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.