Psalms 74:14

Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.

Noyes Bible

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

13Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

15Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.

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Cross References

Job 41:1Canst thou draw forth the crocodile with a hook, Or press down his tongue with a cord?

Psalms 104:25Lo! this great and wide sea! In it are moving creatures without number, Animals small and great.

Revelation 20:2And he laid hold of the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, 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 →

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