Psalms 74:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. ”

Psalms 74:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 74:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou brakest the heads of (k) leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] (l) meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. (k) Which was a great monster of the sea, or whale, meaning Pharaoh. (l...
Psalms 74:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The p...
Psalms 74:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

people inhabiting . inhabitants: i.e. the wild beasts.
Psalms 74:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. The heads of leviathan - Leviathan might be intended here as a personification of...
Psalms 74:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dragons—leviathan— The Hebrew words may mean much the same; only the latter seems to express a more distinguished kind of crocodile. It is under this character that the Egyptians and their king are...
Psalms 74:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to t...
Psalms 74:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of national calamity, when the Temple was profaned ( Psalms 74 ),...
Psalms 74:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(10-15) ln the true prophetic spirit, as Moses brought the cries of distress “by reason of their bondage” from the oppressed Israelites to God ( Exodus 5:22 ), so this poet carries to the same God th...
Psalms 74:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:1-23 Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this psalm and its companion ( Psalms 79:1-13 )-namely, the Chaldean invasion and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecutio...
Psalms 74:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Plead Thine Own Cause, O God” Psalms 74:12-23 Yet! Psalms 74:12 , r.v. There is always some compensating and consolatory thought. God is in the background of our thought. Not only the King,...
Psalms 74:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...
Psalms 74:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Holy Ghost evidently intended by these sweet and precious verses, to teach the church, in all ages, how to adopt such arguments, in all our dealings with God, when under trial. The best thing I c...
Psalms 74:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou breakest the heads of leviathan in pieces ,.... A large fish, generally thought to be the whale, by some the crocodile, described in Job 41:1 to which the king of Egypt or Babylon is compared...
Psalms 74:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Ver. 14. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan ] i.e. Of Pharaoh himself. See...
Psalms 74:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou didst divide the sea , &c. “The first part of this verse alludes to that marvellous act of omnipotence which divided the Red sea for Israel to pass over; the second part to the return of it...
Psalms 74:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acknowledgments of Divine Power. 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 Thou...
Psalms 74:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The heads, i.e. the head; called heads , partly for the greatness of this beast, as that great monster is called beasts , Job 40:20 , for the same reason; and partly for the several heads or p...
Psalms 74:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1 . “But here we cannot have the least idea of the author...
Psalms 74:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph; that is, instruction, as Psalms 32 . The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written...
Psalms 74:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture? The wail and prayer of a true patriot I. The wail ( Psalms 74:1-17 ). 1. Some communi...
Psalms 74:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" ( Psalms 74:3 ). The temple is violated ( Psalms 74:3 ); its carve...
Psalms 74:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for the Preservation of the Church. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the Old Testament as...
Psalms 74:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 12:35 ; Exodus 12:36 ; Exodus 14:30 ; Isaiah 27:1 ; Job 3:8 ; Job 41:1-34 ; Numbers 14:9 ; Psalms 104:25 ; Psalms 104:26 ; Psalms 72:9 ; Revelation 20:2
Psalms 74:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviathan — Pharaoh. The people — To the ravenous birds and beasts of the desert. These creatures are significantly called the people of the wilderness, because they are the only people that inhabi...

Psalms 74:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 74:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 74:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes