13 It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
13 Thou didst divide
13 You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters
13 With one blow you split the sea in two, you made mincemeat of the dragon Tannin.
13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.
13 You split the sea by your strength and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
14 You lopped off the heads of Leviathan, then served them up in a stew for the animals.
14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan and let the desert animals eat him.
(Read Psalm 74:12-17)
The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providence was food to faith and hope, to support and encourage in difficulties. The God of Israel is the God of nature. He that is faithful to his covenant about the day and the night, will never cast off those whom he has chosen. We have as much reason to expect affliction, as to expect night and winter. But we have no more reason to despair of the return of comfort, than to despair of day and summer. And in the world above we shall have no more changes.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 74:13
Commentary on Psalm 74:12-17
(Read Psalm 74:12-17)
The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providence was food to faith and hope, to support and encourage in difficulties. The God of Israel is the God of nature. He that is faithful to his covenant about the day and the night, will never cast off those whom he has chosen. We have as much reason to expect affliction, as to expect night and winter. But we have no more reason to despair of the return of comfort, than to despair of day and summer. And in the world above we shall have no more changes.