Psalms 74:13
The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
In Context
12For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.
14The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
Cross References
Exodus 14:28And the waters came back, covering the war-carriages and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh which went after them into the middle of the sea; not one of them was to be seen.
Psalms 66:6The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.
Psalms 106:8But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.
Isaiah 11:15And the Lord will make the tongue of the Egyptian sea completely dry; and with his burning wind his hand will be stretched out over the River, and it will be parted into seven streams, so that men may go over it with dry feet.
Ezekiel 29:3Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.
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 →