Psalms 74:15

"You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 74:15, the psalmist describes God’s mighty act of breaking the powerful creature Leviathan into pieces and providing its flesh as sustenance for both humans and wild animals. This imagery evokes a scene where the divine power of Yahweh subdues formidable forces, symbolizing His control over even the mightiest adversaries, and highlights His provision for all creatures through such acts of creation and governance.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood -That is, the source of the streams and the streams themselves. The main allusion is probably to the Jordan, and the idea is, that God had, as it were, divided all the waters, or prevented any obstruction to his people from the river in any respect; as if the waters in the very springs and fountains, and the waters in the channel of the river flowing from those springs and fountains, had been so restrained and divided that there was a safe passage through them.Joshua 3:14-17.

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