Psalms 74:14
Thou break the heads of leviathan in pieces. Thou gave him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13Thou divided the sea by thy strength. Thou break the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
15Thou split fountain and flood. Thou dried up mighty rivers.
Cross References
Exodus 12:35And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses, and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment.
Numbers 14:9Only do not rebel against LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and LORD is with us. Fear them not.
Job 41:1Can thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
Psalms 104:25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.
Revelation 20:2And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, and bound him a thousand years.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:13-18
Acknowledgments of Divine Power. 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the… Read the whole commentary →