Psalms 74:15

Thou, didst cleave open fountain and torrent, Thou, didst dry up rivers of steady flow:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

In Context

14Thou, didst crush the heads of the Sea-Monster, Thou didst give him to be food, for the people of the deserts;

16Thine, is the day, Yea, thine, the night, Thou, didst establish moon and sun;

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Cross References

Exodus 17:5Then said Yahweh unto Moses—Pass over before the people, and take with thee some of the elders of Israel,—thy staff also wherewith thou didst smite the river, take thou in thy hand, so shalt thou go thy way.

Numbers 20:11And Moses lifted high his hand and smote the cliff with his staff, twice,—and there came forth water in abundance, and the assembly and their cattle, did drink.

Joshua 3:13and it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests who are bearing the ark of Yahweh, Lord of all the earth, do rest, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, shall be cut off, the waters that are coming down from above,—and shall stand in one mound.

2 Kings 2:14and took the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? And, when, he also, smote the waters, they were divided, hither and thither, and Elisha, passed over.

Psalms 105:41He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river;

Isaiah 11:16So shall there be a highway for the remnant of his people who shall be left out of Assyria,—Like as it was to Israel, in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt!

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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