Psalms 74:15
Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
In Context
14Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
16Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.
Cross References
Exodus 17:5And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Pass over before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod with which thou hast smitten the River take in thy hand, and thou hast gone:
Numbers 20:11and Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts.
Joshua 3:13and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off — the waters which are coming down from above — and they stand — one heap.'
2 Kings 2:14and he taketh the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and smiteth the waters, and saith, 'Where [is] Jehovah, God of Elijah — even He?' and he smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and Elisha passeth over.
Psalms 105:41He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places — a river.
Isaiah 11:16And there hath been a highway, For the remnant of His people that is left, from Asshur, As there was for Israel in the day of his coming 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 →