Psalm 74:13-15
New Catholic Bible
13 [a]By your power you split the sea in two
and shattered the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan
and gave him as food for the wild beasts.
15 You opened up springs and torrents
and turned flowing rivers into dry land.[b]
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:13 Allusion to the crossing of the Red Sea (see Ex 14:30) and the defeat of the Egyptians (see Isa 27:1; Ezek 29:3; 32:4). Leviathan: a mythological multi-headed monster of chaos; here it seems to stand especially for Egypt (for Egypt’s crocodiles, see Job 40:25f).
- Psalm 74:15 Allusion to the miracles of the Exodus (see Ex 17:6; Num 20:11) and the crossing of the Jordan (see Jos 3:15f) where God’s creative power is exercised (see Ps 89:11).
Psalm 74:13-15
New International Version
13 It was you who split open the sea(A) by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster(B) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(C)
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(D)
15 It was you who opened up springs(E) and streams;
you dried up(F) the ever-flowing rivers.
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