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12 God, you have been our king ·for a long time [of old; Ex. 15:18].
    You bring ·salvation [victory] to the earth.
13 You split open the sea by your power
    and broke the heads of the sea monster [C an ancient Near Eastern symbol of chaos].
14 You ·smashed [crushed in pieces] the heads of the monster Leviathan [C a sea monster and symbol of chaos; 104:26; Job 3:8; 41:1; Is. 27:1]
    and gave it to the ·desert [wilderness] creatures as food.

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12 But God is my King(A) from long ago;
    he brings salvation(B) on the earth.

13 It was you who split open the sea(C) by your power;
    you broke the heads of the monster(D) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(E)
    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(F)

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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.

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