They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
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Gill's Exposition
Fear took hold upon them there,.... That is, either when they came up to the city, and passed by it, and saw what they did; or, as Kimchi observes, in the place where they thought to have made a great…
Barnes' Notes
They saw it - That is, they looked on it; they contemplated it; they were struck with its beauty and strength, and fled. And so they marveled - It surpassed their expectations of its strength, and…
The psalmist is designing to praise Jerusalem and to set forth the grandeur of that city; but he begins with the praises of God and his greatness (Psa 48:1), and ends with the praises of God and his…
Cambridge Bible
They saw; forthwith they were amazed:
They were dismayed, they made haste to flee.
Caesar's boast, Veni, vidi, vici, was reversed. They came to Zion, they saw it, they were smitten with panic…