Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
heads of leviathan—The word is a collective, and so used for many.
the people . . . wilderness—that is, wild beasts, as conies (Proverbs 30:25-26), are called a people. Others take the passages literally, that the sea monsters thrown out on dry land were food for the wandering Arabs.
Examples of the "salvation wrought" are cited.
divide the sea—that is, Red Sea.
brakest . . . waters—Pharaoh and his host (compare Isaiah 51:9-10; Ezekiel 29:3-4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 74:14:
Job 41:1
Isaiah 51:9
Amos 9:3
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