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Psalm 74:13-14
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13 [a]By your power you split the sea in two
    and shattered the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan
    and gave him as food for the wild beasts.

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  1. Psalm 74:13 Allusion to the crossing of the Red Sea (see Ex 14:30) and the defeat of the Egyptians (see Isa 27:1; Ezek 29:3; 32:4). Leviathan: a mythological multi-headed monster of chaos; here it seems to stand especially for Egypt (for Egypt’s crocodiles, see Job 40:25f).
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