Psalm 104:26 (WEB)
There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
Fathers and councils · 6
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.25Book VI
“There go the ships; small animals with great; there is this dragon, which Thou hast formed to play therein.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. civ. 24–26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“There is a certain proud serpent in the sea, of which another passage of Scripture speaks, “I will command the serpent, and he shall bite him;” and again, “There is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made to mock him,” whose head He bruises above the water.” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 26.
Read the whole comment““There shall go the ships” (ver. 26).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“There is a passage, too, in the Book of Job, of which the devil is the subject: “This is the beginning of the creation of God, which He made to be a sport to His angels,” which agrees with the psalm, where it is said, “There is that dragon which Thou hast made to be a sport therein.”” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 26.
Read the whole comment“…and foresaw the good which He Himself would bring out of his evil, therefore says the psalm, “This leviathan whom Thou hast made to be a sport therein,” that we may see that, even while God in His goodness created him good, He yet had already foreseen and arranged how He would make use of him when he became…” — editor's note: Ps. civ. 26.
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Jerome
“You have left behind you the bitter waves, the salt tides, the mountain-fissures; you have despised Leviathan who reigns in the waters.” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. civ. 26.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in The City of God XI.15.
Cited together in The City of God XI.15.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.25.
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.25.
Cited together in The City of God XI.15.