the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Psalms 104:26
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There the ships move along,And Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it.
There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.
There go the shippes, and there is that Leuiathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin.
There go the ships; [there] that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein.
There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.
There the ships go; You formed this great sea-animal to play in it.
Ships sail over the ocean, and playing there is Leviathan, the great sea creature you made.
There the ships go, And leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
There goe the shippes; there is that Leuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
There go the shippes ouer, and there is that Leuiathan, whom thou hast made, to take his pastyme therin.
There the ships [of the sea] sail, And Leviathan [the sea monster], which You have formed to play there.
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom you have formed to play therein.
There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [which] thou hast made to play therein.
The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.
And there are the ships, as well as Leviathan, the monster you created to splash in the sea.
The ships are there, sailing to and fro; Livyatan, which you formed to play there.
There goe the shippes, yea, that Liuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
On it sail the ships; there is that Leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
There the ships go, And livyatan, whom you formed to play there.
There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.
See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.
The ships sail there. And the very large sea animal You have made plays in it.
There go the ships; and this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it.
There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein.
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
There, ships, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;
(103-26) There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.
There the ships sail. Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.
There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
The ships move along there, And Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.
Ships travel over the ocean, and there is the sea monster Leviathan, which you made to play there.
The ships sail on it, and in it plays Leviathan, that sea monster which you made.
There the ships move about, and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.
schippis schulen passe there. This dragoun which thou hast formyd; for to scorne hym.
There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.
There go the ships, and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.
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There go: Psalms 107:23, Genesis 49:13
leviathan: Psalms 74:14, Job 3:8, *marg. Job 41:1-34, Isaiah 27:1
made: Heb. formed
to play: Job 41:5, Job 41:29
Reciprocal: Genesis 7:18 - ark Job 26:5 - Dead things Job 40:20 - where Psalms 148:7 - ye dragons Jonah 1:17 - the Lord
Gill's Notes on the Bible
There go the ships,.... From place to place, from one end of the world to the other, for the sake of merchandise r; this is one of the four things that were too wonderful for Solomon, "the way of a ship in the midst of the sea", Proverbs 30:19 though navigation was improved in his times indeed not so much as it is now. The original of ships was doubtless Noah's ark, so that they owe their first draught to God himself. They seem to be an emblem of the church and people of God passing through the sea of this world to the haven of eternal rest. The ship is but a small vessel, and takes up but a small room in comparison of the vast ocean on which it is; and so the church of Christ is but small, a little city, and few men in it, a little flock, a small remnant: a ship is unfixed and unsettled, sometimes here and sometimes there; so the church of Christ is sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another; nor is this world the rest of God's people, nor have they any continuing city here; for, as a ship is tossed with tempests, so are they with the waves of afflictions, the temptations of Satan, and the persecutions of men; and sometimes, like Paul, and the mariners with him, have no sight of sun and stars for many days, of the sun of righteousness, or of the stars, the ministers of the word; when sailing is dangerous it bodes perilous times, through the impure lives of professors, and impious doctrines of false teachers, whereby many suffer shipwreck; yet all the Lord's people get safe ashore, having a good pilot, Christ, to conduct them; and the good anchor of hope, sure and steadfast.
There is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein; the Targum adds,
"for the righteous at the feast of the house of his habitation.''
Of this creature there is an account in Job 41:1. Some take it to be the crocodile, which is both a sea and river fish; the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, and so Apollinarius, call it the dragon; it is more generally thought to be the whale; Aben Ezra says it is the name of every great fish; it is a sportive creature, tumbles about in the great sea, and plays with the waters of it, which it tosses up in great quantities; and with the fishes of the sea, which it devours at pleasure; and laughs at the shaking of the spear; and to which mariners throw out their empty casks to play with, when near them, and they in danger by it; see Job 41:5. This creature is generally reckoned by the ancients a figure of Satan, it being king over all the children of pride, Job 41:34 as he is the prince of the power of the air, and god of this world; who has been playing his tricks in it from the beginning of it, not only deceiving our first parents, but all the nations of the world; nor are saints ignorant of his devices. It sometimes describes a tyrannical prince, as the kings of Babylon and of Egypt, Isaiah 27:1 and is a true picture of antichrist, the beast which rose out of the sea; nor is there any like him on earth; see Revelation 13:1
r So Homer calls ships νηας ποντυπορους, Iliad. 3. v. 46.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There go the ships - There the vessels move along - objects that would, of course, attract the attention of one looking at the sea, and admiring its wonders. The psalmist is describing the active scenes on the surface of the globe, and, of course, on looking at the ocean, these would be among the objects that would particularly attract his attention.
There is that leviathan - The Septuagint and the Vulgate render this, dragon. On the meaning of the word “leviathan,” see the notes at Job 41:1.
Whom thou hast made - Margin, as in Hebrew, “formed.” The idea of creation is implied in the word.
To play therein - As his native element. To move about therein; to make quick and rapid motions, as if in sport.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 104:26. There go the ships — By means of navigation, countries the most remote are connected, and all the inhabitants of the earth become known to each other. He appears at this time to have seen the ships under sail.
That leviathan — This may mean the whale, or any of the large marine animals. The Septuagint and Vulgate call it dragon. Sometimes the crocodile is intended by the original word.
To play therein. — Dreadful and tempestuous as the sea may appear, and uncontrollable in its billows and surges, it is only the field of sport, the play-ground, the bowling-green to those huge marine monsters.
