Psa 74:13-14, Eze 32:2 | JFB | STEP | 13-15. Examples of the "salvation wrought" are cited. divide the sea-- that is, Red Sea. brakest ... waters-- Pharaoh and his host (compare , ; , ).

‏ 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 Is 51:9, 10; Eze 29:3, 4).

‏ Ezekiel 32:2

2. Pharaoh--"Phra" in Burmah, signifies the king, high priest, and idol.

whale--rather, any monster of the waters; here, the crocodile of the Nile. Pharaoh is as a lion on dry land, a crocodile in the waters; that is, an object of terror everywhere.

camest forth with thy rivers--"breakest forth" [Fairbairn]. The antithesis of "seas" and "rivers" favors Grotius rendering, "Thou camest forth from the sea into the rivers"; that is, from thy own empire into other states. However, English Version is favored by the "thy": thou camest forth with thy rivers (that is, with thy forces) and with thy feet didst fall irrecoverably; so Israel, once desolate, troubles the waters (that is, neighboring states).