Psalms 74:14
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
Cross References
Exodus 12:35And the children 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 rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.'
Job 41:1(40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
Psalms 104:25Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great.
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 →