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Psalm 74:15 KJV
Psalms · chapter 74 · verse 15
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.Psalm 74:15 · King James Version
Psalm 74:15 in context
13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fountainmaʻyâna fountain , figuratively, a sourceH4599 →
- cleavebâqaʻto cleaveH1234 →
- mightyʼêythânpermanenceH386 →
- floodnachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
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The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly: - I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17