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Psalms 74:14

Psalms 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood,.... That is, the rocks at Horeb and at Kadesh, from whence water flowed as out of a fountain, and became a flood, whereby the people of Israel were…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces - On the meaning of the word “leviathan,” see the notes at Job 41:1. The word is used here as descriptive of sea monsters. And gavest him to be meat -…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 74:12-17

The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Thou brakest&c. Thou didst crush … thou didst give him &c. The dead bodies of the Egyptians were cast up on the shore (Exo 14:30) to be devoured by the wild beasts of the desert. Cp. Eze 29:3-5. For…