Psalms 74:13
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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
12Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.
14You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
Cross References
Exodus 14:28The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them.
Psalms 66:6He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
Psalms 106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
Isaiah 11:15The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.
Ezekiel 29:3Speak and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, 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 →