Cytowanie Komentarza do Psalmów 48:7

[The word] וַתָּחֵל is an expression of (above 48: 7): “pangs (חיל) like [those of] a woman in confinement.”

His ways are grievous – (יחילו may be explained) from the significance of חיל in “pain (חיל) as of a woman in travail” (Ps. 48:7). He says: that the evil ways of the wicked cause pangs to the poor.

תחיל She travailed. Comp. חיל trembling (Ps. 45:7). Before she travailed she brought forth. This is a figurative expression, indicating, that the Israelites will return to Zion, without any difficulty, like a woman, that bears children without troubles.

causes the desert to quake Heb. יחיל, an expression of (Jer. 6:24), “pain (חיל) as a woman in travail.”

אל מחללך means, God Who has brought you forth out of the womb. It has the same meaning as in (Psalms 29:9) “[The voice of the Lord] makes hinds to bring forth (יחולל)”, and (Psalms 48:7) “travail (חיל) as that of a woman in childbirth”.