Psalms 74:13-14

     13-15. Examples of the "salvation wrought" are cited.

      divide the sea—that is, Red Sea.

      brakest . . . waters—Pharaoh and his host (compare Isa 51:9, 10; Eze 29:3, 4).

     14. heads of leviathan—The word is a collective, and so used for many.

      the people . . . wilderness—that is, wild beasts, as conies (Pr 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.

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