Psalm 74:12-17

Expanded Bible

¹² God, you have been our king ·for a long time [of old; Ex. 15:18].
    You bring ·salvation [victory] to the earth.
¹³ You split open the sea by your power
    and broke the heads of the sea monster [^Can ancient Near Eastern symbol of chaos].
¹⁴ You ·smashed [crushed in pieces] the heads of the monster Leviathan [^Ca sea monster and symbol of chaos; 104:26; Job 3:8; 41:1; Is. 27:1]
    and gave it to the ·desert [wilderness] creatures as food.
¹⁵ You ·opened up [split] the springs and ·streams [wadis]
    and made the flowing rivers run dry.
¹⁶ Both the day and the night are yours;
    you made the sun and the moon [Gen. 1:14–18].
¹⁷ You set all the ·limits [borders] on the earth;
    you ·created [formed] summer and winter [104:19–23; Gen. 8:22].