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13 With your great power you split open the sea
    and broke the heads of the sea monster.
14 Yes, you smashed the heads of Leviathan[a]
    and left his body for animals to eat.
15 You make the springs and rivers flow,
    and you make the rivers dry up.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:14 sea monster … Leviathan These were creatures from ancient stories. People believed that they kept the world from being a safe, orderly place. So this verse means that God controls every part of the world and everything in it.

13 It was you who split open the sea(A) by your power;
    you broke the heads of the monster(B) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(C)
    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(D)
15 It was you who opened up springs(E) and streams;
    you dried up(F) the ever-flowing rivers.

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