Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 48:7

7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east-wind .

This is not reported as a Matter of Fact, for we Read of no Ships in those Expeditions, to which this Psalm relates, nor did any Ships come near Ierusalem, because that was a[illegible: 1+ letters] a great Distance from the Sea, and from any navigable River running into the Sea; but onely added by way of Illustration, o[illegible: 1+ letters] Allusion. The Sence is, Thou didst no less violently, an[illegible: 1+ letters] suddenly destroy these Proud and Raging Enemies of Ierusalem, than sometimes thou destroyest the Ships at Sea, with a fierce and Vehement Wind, such as the Eastern Winds were in those Parts, Exod. 14 21. Iob. 27. 21. Ier. 18. 17. Ezek. 27. 26. The Words are and may be rendred thus: Thou diast break them as (such Ellipsis of the Pronoun, and of the note of similitude being very frequent; as I have again, and again shewed) the Ships of the Sea (for Tarshish, though Properly the Name of a Maritine place in Ci[illegible: 1+ letters]icia, Ezek. 27. 25. [illegible: 1 word] 1. 3. is usually put for the Sea, as 1 Kings 10. 22. 2 Chron. 9. 21. Psal. 72. 10. Isa. 2. 16. Ier. 10. 9.) are broken with an Eastwind. Albeit the Enemies of Ierusalem, which are Compared to the raging Waters of the Sea, in Psal. 46▪ 2, 3. may as fitly be Compared to Ships upon the Sea.