Psalm 74:14 (WEB)
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Since, therefore, it was necessary to break the heads of the dragon in pieces, He went down and bound the strong one in the waters, that we might receive power to tread upon serpents and scorpions.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiv. 14.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Hear: “Thou hast broken the head of the dragon” (ver. 14).” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For thus the Holy Ghost, describing sinners and their food, referred to the devil when He said, ‘I have given him to be meat to the people of Æthiopia.’” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiv. 14, LXX.
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Jerome
“His destruction is thus described in the book of Psalms: “Thou didst endow the sea with virtue through thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters: thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiv. 13, 14 LXX.
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