Psalms 74:14

Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

In Context

13It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea: thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters.

15Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:35And the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses; and they had asked of the Egyptians vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments.

Numbers 14:9Only against the Lord do ye not rebel; and then ye need not fear the people of the land; for they are our bread: their shadow is departed from them, while the Lord is with us; fear them not.

Job 41:1(40:25) Canst thou draw out the crocodile with a fishhook? or cause his tongue to sink into the batted rope?

Psalms 104:25Here is this great and wide-extended sea; therein are moving things without number, 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 →

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