Psalms 74:13

divide. cleave. Compare Exodus 14:21, describing. sudden vehement act. Hebrew. parar.

dragons. crocodiles. (No Art.) Symbolical of Egypt.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength - Margin, as in Hebrew, “break.” That is, he had by his power “broken up” the strength of the sea so th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the (i) dragons in the waters. (i) That is, Pharaoh's army.
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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Thou hast divided the sea by thy power. The prophet now collects together certain kinds of deliverances highly worthy of remembrance; al...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou didst divide the sea - When our fathers came fro...
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 th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou ... thou. The seven-fold repetition of th...
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 cal...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The sea] the Red Sea: Exodus 14:21 . The dragons ] 'sea monsters,' a figure for Egypt.
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 ( Exod...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou. — Verse after verse this emphatic pronoun recurs, as if challenging the Divine Being to contradict. Divide. — Literally, break up. Dra...
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...
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 t...
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 deso...
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 deali...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength ,.... This and the following instances from hence to Psalms 74:18 are proofs of God's working salvation...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Ver. 13. Thou didst divide the sea, &c. ] "Tho...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acknowledgments of Divine Power. 12 For God is my King of old, work...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The dragons; or, the crocodiles . He means Pharaoh and all his mighty men, who were like these beasts in strength and cruelty. The waters, to wi...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou didst divide the sea by Thy strength, cleaving the Red Sea asunder for the passage of Israel; Thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the wate...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 14:21 ; Exodus 14:28 ; Ezekiel 29:3 ; Ezekiel 32:2 ; Isaiah 11:15 ; Isaiah 11:16 ; Isaiah 51:10 ; Isaiah 51:9 ; Nehemiah 9:11 ; Psal...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dragons — He means Pharaoh and his mighty men.

¹³ Thou didst divided the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 74:13