As soon as they see, ¹  they are shocked; ²  they are terrified, they quickly retreat. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 48:5

They saw it, then they were amazed; They were terrified, they fled in alarm.

They looked, and froze with fear; they fled in terror.

When they saw Mount Zion, they were astonished. They were terrified and ran away in fear.

biblegateway Psa 48:5

they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.

As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight.

bibleoremus Psa 48:5

As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic, they took to flight;

They look, and are astounded; filled with alarm they panic.

biblegateway Psa 48:5

They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away.

They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.

biblegateway Psa 48:5

As soon as they see, ¹  they are shocked; ²  they are terrified, they quickly retreat. ³ 

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.